COST BITES 440: WHY INDEMNITY COSTS WERE ORDERED A LOOK AT THE CLAIMANTS’ PLEADED CASE: FIRSTLY IT WAS PLEADED TOO WIDELY, SECONDLY THERE WERE THEN ATTEMPTS TO PUT THE CASE OUTSIDE THE PLEADINGS

We look again at the award of indemnity costs in the Associated Newspaper case.  The reasons for this were manifold. However there were two important factors relating to the statements of case.  Firstly the case was pleaded far too widely; secondly (and ironically) there were attempts to pursue matt...