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Part 36, settlement and proportionality on detailed assessment (May v Wavell)

Published on: 24 January 2018
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Dispute Resolution analysis: The appeal against the decision of Master Rowley in the case of May v Wavell was recently published (following the publication of the Court of Appeal’s decision in BNM v MGN). Having concluded that the costs judge undervalued the sums in dispute by a considerable margin in county court litigation, gave too little weight to the complexity of the litigation and reduced the costs disproportionately because of the early settlement, the appellate court went on to undertake its own assessment of the costs and found that, in all the circumstances, the proportionate figure for the claimant’s costs was more than double that determined by the Master.

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