ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: UNDER SPEND OF A PHASE – NOT A GOOD REASON TO DEPART FROM THE BUDGET

In  Utting v City College Norwich [2020] EWHC B20 (Costs) Master Brown rejected an argument that an "underspend" amounted to a good reason to depart from a budget. I am grateful to Paul Kay from R Costings for drawing this case to my attention.

  THE ISSUE The Master was assessing costs in a p...