Entries by Toby Moreton
Master declines to award 10% ‘additional amount’ under CPR 36.17(4) on grounds of proportionality
Master McCloud exercised her discretion and declined to award the claimant a 10% ‘additional amount’ under CPR 36.17(4) on grounds that it would be disproportionate and unjust to do so where the claimant had beaten its own offer by just £7,000 on a bill assessed at £431,813.05.
Increase in costs budget approved following a ‘significant development’ in the litigation
Master Davison approves the majority of a 78% increase in the disclosure phase of the claimant’s costs budget following disclosure “of a scale and complexity that [was] much larger than was actually budgeted for” commenting that “the bar for what constitutes a significant development should not be set too high”