COST BITES 320: CLAIMANT WAS ENTITLED TO SEEK A FURTHER INTERIM PAYMENT AS TO COSTS: “I THINK IT CONSIDERABLY UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS POINT HAS BEEN TAKEN”

Later this month we are taking our traditional end of year  look at "opening lines of judgments". Sometimes opening lines provide a clue as to the judge's thinking.  When the first sentence contains the words "I think it is considerably unfortunate that this point has been taken" you can take a good...