The general observations made about the budgets in Pan NOx Emissions Litigations [2024] EWHC 1728 (KB) is of importance. The court was particularly scathing of the claimants' budget. It also rejected the claimants' contention that the defendants' budget had been artificially reduced, instead reducin...
One does wonder why budgeting was required in this case given the purported value of the claim (£6billion) and the provisions of CPR 3.12(1)(a).