WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T SETTLE AFTER A MEDIATION: NO ISSUE BASED ORDER, INDEMNITY COSTS AND £127,000 ON ACCOUNT OF COSTS

There is much for litigants and litigators to learn from the judgment on costs of James Mellor QC (sitting as a High Court judge)  in Cranstoun & Anor v Notta [2021] EWHC 133 (Ch).  The dangers of rejecting offers of settlement made after a mediation; the risks of having indemnity costs ordered ...