COST BITES 262: THE CLAIMANTS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO PAY COSTS IN A “MIXED” CLAIM AGAINST THE POLICE

Here we are looking at issues relating to costs in an action that included a claim for personal injury but also included other elements. The question the appellate judge had to decide was whether the trial judge had applied the guidance correctly when he ordered that the claimants pay 70% of the def...