Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 495 (Jul)
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Mance LJ and Sir Anthony Evans

Representation Andreas Gledhill (instructed by Betesh Fox & Co, Manchester) for the claimants.
  Robert Sterling (instructed by Fieldings Porter, Bolton) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 29 July 2003

Catchwords

Costs - Order for costs - Discretion - Case management conference - Judge making no order for costs - Correctness of decision.

The Case

In the instant case, in the light of the history of the proceedings and in underestimating the degree of success of the claimants' submissions, the judge's decision that there be no order for costs arising out of a case management conference had been outside the wide range of latitude of judicial discretion.

Practice Areas

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