Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 792

Costs management: Yirenkyi – providing much-needed certainty

Sam Hayman discusses the implications of the recent case of Yirenkyi and its effect on the costs management regime ‘Matters were not assisted by rounds of first instance conflicting decisions, and while this judgment does not extinguish all issues and ambiguity within the process it gives a robust framework to judges to operate within.’ Sir …

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Costs: Justice more certain

Paul Jones reviews a recent case that shows the unpredictability of the proportionality test ‘The issue facing district judges and costs judges whenever the issue of proportionality has to be considered is that there is virtually no guidance from the CPR, Practice Direction 44 or the higher courts on any element of how to apply …

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