Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 60 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 396 (TCC)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Technology and Construction Court
Judge:

Ramsey J

Representation Fiona Parkin QC and Omar Eljadi (instructed by Herbert Smith) for the claimant.
  Stuart Catchpole QC (instructed by Pinsent Masons) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 27 February 2012

Catchwords

Costs - Wasted costs - Deficient disclosure - Court making orders for disclosure and costs - Claimant company making deficient disclosure - Defendant company seeking wasted costs - Whether claimant failing to make proper disclosure - Whether court should vary costs order - Whether defendant being entitled to costs of application for further disclosure - Whether defendant being entitled to wasted costs - CPR 3.1(7), 44.3.

The Case

Costs Wasted costs. The Technology and Construction Court ordered that the claimant pay part of the defendant's wasted costs due to its deficient disclosure, in a dispute arising from the construction of the West African Gas Pipeline.

Practice Areas

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