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Costs: Action not to be taken lightly
Laura Abbott sets out the key principles concerning costs and contentious probate proceedings Any claim should be approached on the basis that costs follow the event. Parties must therefore be willing, and able, to pay their own costs and those of their opponent if they are unsuccessful. Goodwin v Avison [2021] is a useful précis …
Cases Referenced
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- Goodwin v Avison & ors [2021] EWHC 2356 (Ch); WTLR(w) 2022-04
- Hawes v Burgess & anor [2013] EWCA Civ 74; [2013] WTLR 453 CA
- Kostic v Chaplin & ors (costs) [2007] EWHC 2909 (Ch); [2008] WTLR 655 ChD
- PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines v Leeds & ors [2018] EWHC 1735 (Ch)
- Re Cutcliffe’s Estate [1959] P 6
- Re Plant (deceased) [1926] P 139
- Spiers v English [1907] P 122