THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 20: CLAIMANT’S COSTS REDUCED BY 50% BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PLEADED CASE (OR… HOW TO LOSE £3.3 MILLION IN COSTS…)

Today we are looking at a case where a successful claimant's cost were halved because of its "vague and expansive" pleadings, coupled with a failure to "specify with clarity and precision" what its case was.

 
 
(Half a sixpence may be better than none, but most litigants would prefer the...