Costs Budgets and Unallocated Part 8 Claims Issued Before 22 April 2014 - Thomas Crockett, 1 Chancery Lane
16/04/14. Some further clarity as to when to file costs budgets can be gleaned from the decision of Mr Justice Hickenbottom in the case of Kershaw v Roberts & Anor [2014] EWHC 1037 (Ch). Here it was argued on appeal from the county court that the first directions hearing in a Part 8 Claim should be treated as the “first CMC” for the purposes of CPR 3.12-14 and thus costs budgets must be filed in advance.
It was argued that whilst the claim had not been allocated to the multi-track, this was inevitable as it was commenced by way of...
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