SHOULD AN ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES GO AHEAD PENDING AN APPEAL? £8 MILLION COSTS COULD HELP AVOID £45 MILLION: THE TRIAL COULD MATERIALLY ADVANCE THE LITIGATION AND NARROW FUTURE DISPUTES

Here the court considered whether an assessment of damages should be stayed pending the claimants' application for permission to appeal.  This raised issues in relation to costs management and proportionality.  The judge engaged in an exercise of looking at the costs of each scenario that unfolded a...