Unreasonable defendant must face costs consequences – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted January 4th, 2017 in budgets, costs, indemnities, news, proportionality by tracey

‘The High Court has sent another warning message to litigants that they should expect to face costs penalties for unreasonable conduct. In Barkhuysen v Hamilton, published just before Christmas, Mr Justice Warby said the claimant was entitled to more than budgeted costs due to how the case was handled.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 4th January 2017

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk