COST BITES 201: COUNCIL NOT GRANTED PERMISSION TO APPEAL ON “ACADEMIC” POINTS WHERE THE REAL ISSUE WAS ABOUT COSTS

In London Borough of Sutton v Betts [2024] EWCA Civ 1492 the Court of Appeal refused the defendant council's application for permission to appeal.  The claimant tenant had found accommodation and, as between the parties, the points on appeal were academic.  A court would rarely grant permission to a...