COST BITES 457: COURT REFUSES APPLICATION TO MAKE LEGAL INSURERS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COSTS OF ASSESSMENT: (WHY COSTS LAWYERS HAVE TO KNOW THE LAW OF EVIDENCE – PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO CONDUCT)

Here we look at a highly unusual allegation.  Two of the claimants (the paying parties) and the defendants sought an order making their ATE insurer solely responsible for the costs of the assessment process.   This application was supported by "evidence" which the judge held was basically assertion ...