GETTING AWAY FROM THE PROTOCOL: MEANING OF “HARM”, “VULNERABLE ADULT” AND THE REASONABLE VALUATION OF A CLAIM AT MORE THAN £25,000

In Scott v Ministry of Justice [2019] EWHC B13 (Costs) Deputy Master Friston considered whether a case fell outside the fixed costs regime of the Employers Liability Protocol as a result of the identity of an assailant.   It transpired that the true issue in the case was whether the claimant's solic...