In the judgment today in Harrath -v- Stand for Peace Ltd [2017] EWHC 653 (QB) Sir David Eady awarded £140,000 in a case where the claim form limited the claim to £10,000. This is an interesting development in an environment where there is still much dispute court fees and the payment of court fee. ...
While I can see the common sense of this decision it would seem very tempting, bearing in mind the ludicrous amount of court fees on a large claim, to deliberately limit the claim to, say, £10k and then cough up the difference at the end, when there’s some money in the pot.
Is there any good reason for not doing this?