DAMAGES, COSTS AND MEDIATION: COURT OF APPEAL CONSIDERS THE BOUNDARIES
In the judgment today Gore -v- Naheed [2017] EWCA 369 the Court of Appeal considered the issue of damages being awarded (when they had not been claimed) and where costs should lie when a party – reasonably – declined to…
A PARTY UNREASONABLY REFUSES TO MEDIATE BUT RECOVERS ALL ITS COSTS: WHY NORTHGROP GRUMMAN (2) IS ESSENTIAL READING
The question of costs liability following an “unreasonable” failure to mediate remain a developing area of law. This is an area with profound practical implications for litigators and their clients. That is why the decision of Mr Justice Ramsey in…
