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So what happened to proportionality? The total bill appears to have been around £150,000 for a case where liability was admitted at the outset, no Particulars of Claim were served and the claim settled for just £13,500.
Costs like these are insane, and such cases are manna from heaven for those who insist that lawyers use tragic cases like this simply to line their pockets.