DEFENDANT WHO DID NOT FILE A REVISED COSTS BUDGET COULD NOT (NECESSARILY) RECOVER THE COSTS OF A COUNTERCLAIM

In  Bhat & Anor v Patel & Anor [2021] EWHC 2960 (Ch) Mrs Justice Fancourt held that defendants, who had not filed a revised costs budget, were not entitled to recover the costs of that counterclaim unless a relief from sanctions application was successful.  The issue of whether there had bee...