LAWYERS AS SCHOOCHILDREN IN THE PLAYGROUND: BAD-TEMPERED LITIGATION: THE SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: THE TAIL TO AND NOT THE DOG ITSELF

In  Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright [2022] EWHC 242 (Ch) HHJ Paul Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge) made some trenchant observations in relation to arguments about costs on summary assessment.  The criticisms of the way that litigation is pursued, however, go well beyond this.

"The prob...