COST BITES 432: THE COURT CANNOT ALTER THE COSTS BUDGET UNLESS THERE IS ARE “SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS” : HIGH COURT DECISION

This case reiterates the essential point that the court has no freestanding discretion to vary a costs budget.  An essential prerequisite of variation is that there must be a "significant development" that warrants a variation.  There was no such development here and the District Judge's variation o...