Costs: What a difference a day makes

Jeremy Glover reviews a recent decision of the TCC ‘While the fourth defendant could not put forward any good reason for the breach, it was in the view of the judge a trivial one.’ Wain v Gloucestershire County Council [2014] arose out of the first Case Management Conference (CMC) and costs management hearing. The fourth …
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Jackson Reforms: Not all bad news

The Jackson reforms to litigation cost management have been widely criticised, but Laura Odlind wonders if they could be of some benefit ‘The Jackson era may have some advantages. Having already had their costs scrutinised and examined through the lens of “proportionality”, the winning party may be in a stronger position to recover those costs …
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