JUDGE VARIES ORDER SO SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS REPLACES DETAILED ASSESSMENT: COSTS SUMMARILY ASSESSED AT £7,250,000

In Pipia v Bgeo Group Ltd [2022] EWHC 846 (Comm) Mr Justice Henshaw took the unusual step of replacing an order for detailed assessment with an order for a summary assessment and then assessing the costs.

THE CASE The defendant had succeeded in defending the claimant's claim at trial (the action wa...