COSTS AND “ABSURD” CONDUCT IN LITIGATION: HOW TO WASTE £1 MILLION…

This blog rarely looks at family cases. When it does it is often in relation to costs.  Which is why the judgment of Mr Justice Francis in ABX v SBX [2018] EWFC 81 caught my eye. It raises one fundamental dilemma for the family courts. The "Calderbank" principles no longer apply, this means that lit...