WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG IN LITIGATION (AND STOPPING IT HAPPENING TO YOU) 2: ADVISING A CLIENT THAT THEY ARE NOT LIABLE FOR COSTS BECAUSE PROCEEDINGS HAVE NOT BEEN SERVED

This post arises out of the previous post in the series. However here I want to concentrate on one issue arising out of this.  The claimant's solicitors appear to have advised the claimant that they would not be liable to pay costs if they discontinued because proceedings had been issued but not ser...