CLAIMANTS CAN RECOVER THE COSTS OF ATTENDING A PRE-INQUEST REVIEW: THE DEFENDANT’S RHETORIC WAS MISPLACED: THE CLAIMANT’S COSTS WERE NOT “EYE WATERING” AT ALL

In Briley & Ors v Leicester Partnership NHS Trust & Ors [2023] EWHC 1470 (SCCO) Costs Judge James found that the costs of attending a pre-inquest review were held to be recoverable inter partes.

  "I would add that whilst the use of hyperbole is a viable tool in rhetoric, the Defendant...