COST BITES 171: DEFENDANT WHO RECEIVED LEGAL AID TO DEFEND CIVIL COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS CAN ONLY RECOVER COSTS AT LEGAL AID RATES

NB - THIS DECISION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OVERTURNED BY THE COURT OF APPEAL: SEE THE POST HERE The judgment of Costs Judge Whalan in MBR Acres Ltd & Ors v McGivern [2024] EWHC 1869 (SCCO) highlights an issue that has been on this blog before.  A party who obtains legal aid to defendant civil committa...