France v Khan and Others (Costs): EAT 13 Mar 2018

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Costs
The Respondents acted unreasonably on the day before the hearing of one appeal in seeking to resile from an agreement that reconsideration of the making of a costs order be remitted to a differently constituted Employment Tribunal. Further the Respondents acted unreasonably in withholding consent to the adjournment of a second appeal against the amount of costs the Claimant had been ordered to pay. If the costs order were varied on reconsideration the amount of costs would be affected. The Claimant too was at fault in failing to take steps to relist the matter before the Employment Tribunal for reconsideration. The Respondents were ordered to pay three quarters of the summarily assessed costs of the hearing before the EAT on 13 March 2018.

Citations:

[2018] UKEAT 0104 – 17 – 1303

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Employment

Updated: 24 April 2022; Ref: scu.618913