INDEMNITY COSTS NOT AWARDED WHEN A DEFENDANT REFUSED TO MEDIATE: HIGH COURT DECISION TODAY

In  Richards & Anor v Speechly Bircham Llp & Anor (Consequential Matters) [2022] EWHC 1512 (Comm) HHJ Russen (sitting as a High Court judge) refused an application for indemnity costs made on the basis that the defendants had refused mediation. The judge held that the defendants had been unr...