A judge should before making a wasted costs order consult the written texts on the subject now available and which set out the elements he should allow for. Here counsel was at fault, but rather than delaying the start of a trial by a day, the judge could have allowed the case to start with arrangements being made in that day to cure the defect.
Citations:
Times 16-Jul-1999
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Legal Professions
Updated: 25 October 2022; Ref: scu.82067