COST BITES 453: YOU ARE NOT GETTING A SUMMARY ASSESSMENT JUST BECAUSE YOU ALL WANT ONE: THE BROADBRUSH IS TOO BLUNT A TOOL FOR THIS PROCESS

We are returning to the previous case to look at the judgment in relation to the judge's comments on the method of assessment.  All the parties favoured a summary assessment, the Senior Costs Judge found that this was not appropriate. There are circumstances where summary assessment is too blunt a t...