COST BITES 121: SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: “TO AWARD A LOWER FIGURE JUST BECAUSE REDUCTIONS ARE OFTEN MADE WOULD BE WRONG”

One of the aims of the "Costs Bites" series is to look at those, apparently small, aspects of cases that have a major impact on the client.   Short passages in a judgment can have a major impact on whether a party has effectively "won" or "lost". We see such a passage in the judgment of HHJ Johns KC...