COSTS BITES 377: SHOULD A SUCCESSFUL DEFENDANT’S REFUSAL TO MEDIATE LEAD TO IT LOSING ITS RIGHT TO RECOVER COSTS?

Here we have a case where a claimant who lost a case at trial (and turned down an offer of £200,000) argued that there should be no order for costs.  That argument did not take it very far... "The Defendant's reasoned rejection of one form of ADR, namely mediation, was not unreasonable. The legal is...