Daily Archives: 7th June 2016

The awarding of issue based costs – a recent decision overturned

Cost NewsBy Louise Sattherthwaite 7th June 2016

The awarding of issue based costs – a recent decision overturned There has always been discretion available to the Court to make issue-based costs orders where a party succeeds on only part of its case. Where a Claimant beats its own Part 36 offer, but succeeds in only part of its case, can the Court…

Webb Resolutions Ltd v Countrywide Surveyors Ltd [2016] Ch Div (4 May 2016)

Cost NewsBy Melissa Parnham 7th June 2016

Webb Resolutions Ltd v Countrywide Surveyors Ltd [2016] Ch Div (4 May 2016) A High Court Deputy Master held that a Defendant was entitled to costs of and incidental to a professional negligence claim where the Claimant had notified the Defendant of the claim under the Pre-Action Protocol for Professional Negligence, proceeded to issue the…