Two to One in the SCCO on Proportionality
Master Brown followed Master Rowley when he found that the new test of proportionality did not apply to additional liabilities.
In Murrells v Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust (SCCO 17/01/2017) Master Brown declined to follow the decision of Master Gordon-Saker in BNM v MGN [2016] EWHC B13, agreeing with the later decision of Master Rowley in King v Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals [2016] EWHC B32 that the new test of proportionality did not apply to additional liabilities.
Master Brown agreed with Master Rowley that the restricted meaning of costs applies to CPR 44.3 and that additional liabilities remain subject to assessment under the old pre-LASPO rules.
Master Brown respectfully disagreed with Master Gordon-Saker’s decision in BNM as to the application of the new proportionality test to additional liabilities.
The MGN appeal has been adjourned until October 2017.
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