CAN LEADING COUNSEL RECOVER THEIR FULL BRIEF FEE WHEN A CASE SETTLES TWO WEEKS BEFORE TRIAL?

In Hankin v Barrington & Ors [2021] EWHC B1 (Costs) Deputy Master Campbell considered the question of whether leading counsel's brief fee was payable in full (or in part) by the defendant when the brief had been delivered but the matter settled two and half weeks before the trial.  The brief fee...