COSTS NOT REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE WAY A DEFENDANT CONDUCTED ITS CASE: THE PRAGMATIC PRUNING OF A CASE SHOULD NOT BE DETERRED

We are returning again (and not for the last time) to the judgment of Mr Justice Turner in Municipio De Mariana & Ors v BHP Group PLC & Anor [2021] EWHC 146 (TCC). This time we are looking at  the claimants' argument that the defendant's costs should be reduced by 50%.  The arguments were no...