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Costs Sanctions: Every loser wins
The courts have once again punished a wholly successful party in costs for their unreasonable refusal to mediate – a trend that is only likely to grow, writes Ben Handy ‘The judge found that there were reasonable prospects that mediation would have succeeded, at least in part. The defendant was not justified in coming to …
Cases Referenced
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- Daniels v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2005] EWCA 1312
- Dunnett v Railtrack plc [2002] EWCA Civ 302; [2002] EWCA Civ 303
- Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust [2004] EWCA Civ 576
- Laporte v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2014] EWHC 3574 (QB); [2015] EWHC 371 (QB)
- PGF II SA v OMFS Company [2012] EWHC 83 (TCC); [2013] EWCA Civ 1288
- Rolf v De Guerin [2011] EWCA Civ 78