COSTS BITES 459: A SUCCESSFUL CLAIMANT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF THEIR COSTS BECAUSE PRECEDENT U WAS SERVED FIVE HOURS LATE

What should the court's response be if a Schedule of Costs is served late?  Here the Precedent U was served 5 hours and, after the claimant was successful at trial (and beat its own Part 36 offer) it was deprived of all its costs.  The decision was overturned on appeal. "... on the question of preju...