It is always interesting to look at the figures involved in relation to costs budgeting. We can see an example in the decision of Mr Roger Ter Haar KC in University of Manchester v John McAslan & Partners Ltd & Anor [2022] EWHC 2750 (TCC) where the proposed budgets of four parties were all...
Are the amounts in the budgets “ immediately surprising “ or are the estimates for disclosure and experts “ surprising “ ? Oh Is that one of the tests now ? How easily are we to be surprised nowadays by these exorbitant figures ?