COST BITES 447: “THESE SUMS ARE ASTONISHING”: COURT OF APPEAL CONSIDERS £2 MILLION BRIEF FEE AND COSTS OF A FOUR-DAY APPEAL (AND IS NOT TOO IMPRESSED)

It is rare for the Court of Appeal to get involved in the minutiae  of costs.  We have an example here and the Court is, to say the least, forthright in its views.  Leading Counsel's brief fee of £2 million was not justified. £125,000 for a consequential hearing was "unjustified". The Court also had...