COSTS: NOT EVERY DEFENDANT NEEDED REPRESENTATION ON APPEAL

There are some important observations about costs made by Mrs Justice Carr DBE in RSPCA -v- McCormick & others [2016] EWHC 928 (Admin). THE CASE The RSPCA brought an appeal by way of case stated as to the meaning of "animal fighting" within s.8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. That appeal was uns...