Vos LJ said: ‘This appeal raises two important issues: First, a question as to the vires of the provisions relating to Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting (‘QOCS’) introduced into the CPR by Rules 44.13 to 44.17 in April 2013 as a result of the reforms that were proposed by Sir Rupert Jackson’s Review of Civil Litigation Costs Final Report (the ‘Jackson Report’); and secondly an issue as to whether QOCS applies not only to claims for damages for personal injuries brought by a claimant against a defendant, but also to claims for an indemnity or contribution brought by such a defendant against a third party, should the rules relating to QOCS be held to be valid.’
Laws, Floyd, Vos LJJ
[2014] EWCA Civ 1105
Bailii
England and Wales
Costs, Legal Professions
Updated: 18 December 2021; Ref: scu.535461