COSTS BUDGET ONE DAY LATE: RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS REFUSED: DON’T MAKE MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLEHILLS BUT PUT THINGS RIGHT – QUICKLY

There are only two realistic options in relation to a relief from sanctions application: (i) do it properly and promptly; (ii) don't do it all.  The dangers of a hasty application are illustrated in the judgment in Lakhani -v- Mahmud [2017] EWHC 1713 (Ch) given yesterday by Mr Daniel Alexander QC, s...