| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 388 (May) |
| Court: | Chancery Division |
| Judge: | Neuberger J |
| Representation | Gerard Van Tonder (instructed by Rosling King) for the claimant. |
| Peter Birts QC (instructed by Fruhman Davies Livingstone, Manchester) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 24 May 2002 |
Catchwords
Solicitor - Costs - Bill of costs for contentious business - Action to recover costs - Whether proceedings should be heard by costs judge or High Court judge.
The Case
As a general principle, questions of costs and related questions, even when arising in a common law context, were best determined by a costs judge rather than a High Court judge or a circuit judge. However, a High Court judge or a circuit judge had jurisdiction to determine such issues.
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