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Parties should not assume that an order for ‘costs in the case’ will be made following a costs management hearing (Worcester v Hopley)

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Published on: 09 September 2024

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Dispute Resolution analysis: Following a costs management hearing, the High Court held that ‘no order as to costs’ of the hearing was the appropriate outcome on the basis that the claimant’s costs budget had been found to be unrealistic and disproportionate and had been subjected to significant reductions. It further ordered the claimant to pay the defendant’s costs of the subsequent hearing which had been listed to determine the issue of costs and directed that the claimant’s own costs of the budgeting process would be subject to an additional 15% reduction following any final assessment of those costs. Written by Shilpa Shah, barrister at Ropewalk Chambers.

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