"NEAR MISS" RULE NO LONGER APPLICABLE: COURT OF APPEAL OVERTURNS DECISION ON COSTS

In Sugar Hut Group Limited -v- AJ Insurance Services [2016] EWCA Civ 46 the Court of Appeal overturned an award of costs made against a successful party. "The Claimants' recovery exceeded the Part 36 offer by a comfortable margin and in any event there is no longer a "near-miss" rule. There is no ba...