Brooke LJ said: ‘before the Civil Procedure Rules came into effect . . if a claimant substantially succeeded he was likely to be awarded an order for costs even though he failed on certain issues. The new Rules provide a break from that tradition and enable a court to do greater justice if a party has caused court costs to be expended on an issue on which he ultimately fails.’
Judges:
Brooke LJ
Citations:
November 10, 2000, unreported
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Budgen v Andrew Gardner Partnership CA 31-Jul-2002
The defendant firm of solicitors appealed an order for costs against it based upon a percentage calculation. They sought an issues based costs order.
Held: Where there was insufficient information upon which to calculate an issues based costs . .
Cited – Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others ChD 23-Jan-2004
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Cited – Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others ChD 23-Jan-2004
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Family, Costs
Updated: 10 June 2022; Ref: scu.181794