| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2011] All ER (D) 80 (Jan) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2011] EWHC 29 (Ch) |
| Court: | Chancery Division |
| Judge: | Roth J |
| Representation | Jonathan Gaunt QC (instructed by Mishcon de Reya) for the claimant. |
| Nicholas Dowding QC and Stephen Jourdan QC (instructed by Payne Hicks Beach) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 14 January 2011 |
Catchwords
Costs - Assessment - Standard basis - Successful defendant claiming costs on indemnity basis - Unsuccessful claimant seeking to recover costs in relation to issues which defendant abandoned before trial - CPR Pt 44.
The Case
Costs Assessment. The Chancery Division of the High Court ruled that the successful defendant would be entitled to its costs on the standard basis, except for those costs arising from a ground that it had maintained for 18 months, and then abandoned.
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