A SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: HOW IT WORKS IN PRACTICE: THERE IS NO POINT ARGUING ISSUES OF PROPORTIONALITY WHEN INDEMNITY COSTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED

Whenever I report on an assessment of costs, for reasons that can only be guessed at, that post is always widely read.    The judgment of HHJ Davis-White QC in Goodwin v Avison & Ors [2021] EWHC 2754 (Ch) involves the assessment of costs of two firms of solicitors.  It contains interesting point...