Costs sanctions were imposed in the case of C&S Associates UK Ltd v Enterprise Insurance Company Plc [2016] EWHC 67 (Comm) (22 January 2016) where expert evidence was obtained without the Court’s permission and 29 trial bundles that were prepared were deemed unreasonable and unnecessary. Mr Justice Males held, ‘It is important that those…
Read more…Mr Justice Coulson has a way with words. In the TCC case of Deluxe Art & Theme Limited v Beck Interiors Limited, these were the words he used to criticise the fact that in a ‘relatively simple enforcement dispute’ 6 lever arch files of documents were filed, four of which were not even referred to during…
Read more…I have been thinking about expert evidence and how experts’ fees fit into the budgeting process. What triggered my train of thought? A piece written by Cait Sweeney about the case of British Airways plc v Spencer (Trustees of the Airways Pensions Scheme) [2015] EWHC 2477. The case summary reminds practitioners that in the current climate…
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