PROPORTIONALITY: A LITIGATOR’S SURVIVAL GUIDE VII: FAILURE TO FOCUS ON THE SIMPLE ISSUE LED TO DISPROPORTIONATE COSTS

It can be said that the clue here is in the name of the case  - London Borough of Hounslow v A Father & Mother (Costs in the Court of Protection - Disproportionate litigation) [2018] EWCOP 23.  This is a case where the judge involved gave practical guidance of simple steps that should have been ...