COST BITES 358: JUDGE DOES NOT AWARD COSTS ON AN APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL BECAUSE THE RESPONDENT (INITIALLY) ASKED FOR TOO MUCH

COST BITES 358: JUDGE DOES NOT AWARD COSTS ON AN APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL BECAUSE THE RESPONDENT (INITIALLY) ASKED FOR TOO MUCH

February 24, 2026 · by · in Applications, Assessment of Costs, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content

It is not unusual for a party, on an interlocutory application, to put in a schedule of costs that covers the entire action. Sometimes this is justified, often it is not.  Here we have a case where this backfired.  The initial…

THE SITUATION WHERE A PARTY SERVES ITS SCHEDULE OF COSTS LATE: CLAIMANT PERMITTED TO RECOVER COSTS, BUT THIS IS A POINT TO WATCH

THE SITUATION WHERE A PARTY SERVES ITS SCHEDULE OF COSTS LATE: CLAIMANT PERMITTED TO RECOVER COSTS, BUT THIS IS A POINT TO WATCH

May 19, 2021 · by · in Applications, Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content

In Tribe v Elborne Mitchell LLP (Costs) [2021] EWHC 1252 (Ch) Deputy Master Raeburn considered the appropriate approach when a party serves a schedule of costs late.  Although the claimant was allowed to recover costs I report this case primarily…