COST BITES 399: WHEN THE COSTS OF THE LITIGATION ALMOST ENTIRELY CONSUME THE VALUE OF THE ESTATE BEING SUED:

This is another case that litigators and litigants need to read.  An action against an estate led to the net value of the estate being "almost entirely" consumed by costs.  During the course of the litigation the (unsuccessful) claimant already had £318,382 in costs awarded against him. "... the lit...