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Costs: That’s not fair
Paul Jones reviews the approach of the court to a qualified one-way costs shifting agreement ‘The recent case of Vava v Anglo American Africa Ltd [2013], while based on the old law, gives an interesting perspective on the whole issue of one way costs shifting, particularly in large personal injury claims.’Qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) …
Cases Referenced
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- Pritchett v English & Colonial Syndicate [1899] 2 QB 428
- R (on the application of Burnett) v LB of Hammersmith and Fulham [2004] EWCA Civ 1342
- R v Bates [1982] 2 NSWLR 894
- Vava & ors v Anglo American South Africa Ltd [2013] EWHC 2326 QB