COST BITES 60: THE COURT WOULD NOT RETROSPECTIVELY REALLOCATE A CASE TO THE SMALL CLAIMS TRACK:

I am grateful to Craig Leigh for sending me copies of two judgments of Recorder David Allen K.C. in the case of Johnson -v- GE Money Secured Loans Ltd.  The second judgment in relation to costs contains a decision on an argument that the case should be retrospectively allocated to the small claims t...