COST BITES 81: A SUCCESSFUL APPELLANT GETS THEIR COSTS: THE COURT WOULD NOT GIVE A “BLANK CHEQUE IN RELATION TO PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF COSTS

There are two matters of interest in the Court of Appeal judgment in  R (On the Application Of) v Thanet District Council (Re Costs) [2023] EWCA Civ 526.  Firstly the court's rejection of an argument that the successful party had won on a case not pleaded and should not get their costs.  Secondly th...