NO PROTECTIVE COSTS ORDER FOR APPELLANT IN ACCOMMODATION APPEAL: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION TODAY

In the judgment in Swift v Carpenter [2020] EWCA Civ 165 today the Court of Appeal rejected the claimant's application for a Protected Costs Order. There are important observations on (i) the scope of Protected Costs Orders; (ii) the exercise of the court's discretion in relation to PCOs  (in partic...