The court considered the success fee payable by a defendant employer in the (very common) situation where a claim for damages for noise-induced hearing loss is settled before a trial has commenced. The issue is whether, in that context, noise-induced hearing loss is to be regarded as a disease.
Phillips J
[2015] EWHC 616 (QB)
Bailii
Civil Procedure Rules 45
Litigation Practice, Costs
Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.544298