COST BITES 439 : IS THE EXISTENCE OF A COSTS BUDGET A REASON NOT TO AWARD INDEMNITY COSTS ?

It is rare for an order about indemnity costs to make the headlines of the national press and media.  We are looking at a case which has had a major amount of publicity, not least because of the celebrity status of some of the claimants.  However we are concerned with the arguments that were employe...