THE “CHORLEY PRINCIPLE” CONSIDERED: SOLICITORS NOT ENTITLED TO RECOVER COSTS OF ASSISTANT SOLICITOR WORKING ON HER OWN CASE

In  JH v CH & SAP (Costs: the Chorley principle, Litigants in person) [2020] EWCOP 63 HHJ Evans-Gordon considered the "Chorley principle", the principle that allows a solicitor personally involved in litigation to recover their costs.  The judge held that it did not extend to a case where a soli...