The court described the appellate function in relation to the exrecise of judicial discretion on costs.
Held: ‘Before the court can interfere it must be shown that the judge has either erred in principle in his approach or has left out of account or has taken into account some feature that he should, or should not, have considered, or that his decision was wholly wrong because the Court is forced to the conclusion that he has not balanced the various factors fairly in the scale’.
Citations:
[1999] 1 WLR 1507
Cited by:
Cited – BCT Software Solutions Ltd v C Brewer and Sons Ltd CA 11-Jul-2003
A copyright infringement case had been settled, but the court was to quantify and apportion costs. Some andpound;700,000 having been spent when the damages amounted to andpound;10,000.
Held: Denne did not oust the court’s jurisdiction to hear . .
Cited – Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others ChD 23-Jan-2004
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Costs
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.184474