COST BITES 389: THE SRA IS LIABLE TO PAY THE COSTS OF AN APPEAL WHERE IT WAS THE ORIGINAL APPELLANT ITS POSITION IS “MORE AKIN TO THAT OF A NORMAL LITIGANT”

Here we consider an issue that has some relevance to the profession as a whole.  Should the SRA be liable to pay the costs of an appeal from the SDT?  In this case the SRA was the instigator of the original appeal and the Court of Appeal was clear in its view that it should be liable to pay costs.  ...