Following the proncipal judgment there were disputes as to the basis of assessment of costs and the interaction between the existing costs management order (which approved the defendant’s budget costs of andpound;264,708) and the total costs now sought by the defendant, in the sum of andpound;497,593.66.
Held: The court allowed the claimants to revise/rectify the approved costs management order to make plain that the approved budget excluded the success fees and the ATE insurance premiums.
Coulson J
[2013] EWHC 1643 (TCC), [2013] 4 All ER 765, [2013] TCLR 7, [2013] 4 Costs LR 612, [2013] BLR 473
Bailii
Citing:
Cited – Wates Construction Ltd v HGP Greentree Allchurch Evans Ltd TCC 10-Oct-2005
A unit constructed by the claimant had collapsed under a weight of rainwater. It had been constructed according to a design provided by the defendants. The claimants had discontinued the action on the morning of the trial, and the defendants now . .
Cited – Excelsior Commercial and Industrial Holdings Ltd v Salisbury Hammer Aspden and Johnson (A Firm) CA 12-Jun-2002
The court was asked as to when it is appropriate to order costs on an indemnity basis. Waller LJ said: ‘The question will always be: is there something in the conduct of the action or the circumstances of the case which takes the case out of the . .
Cited – Digicel (St Lucia) Ltd and Others v Cable and Wireless Plc and Others ChD 23-Apr-2010
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Cited – Euroption Strategic Fund Ltd v Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Ab ComC 30-Mar-2012
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Cited – Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd CA 28-Jan-2013
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Costs
Updated: 14 November 2021; Ref: scu.510882