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Procedure: A tricky end
Michael Bennett discusses discontinuance ‘The best approach will usually be to try and demonstrate some form of unreasonable conduct by the defendant and use this to reduce the percentage of the defendant’s costs that the claimant is ordered to pay.’ When a claimant discontinues a claim it may feel like the end of a long …
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