Costs Judge declines to depart from Budget
In a recent case before the court, Master Rowley found that “the budgeted part of the bill had not been dealt with by a conventional detailed assessment, and so it was not open to the defendant to assume the total claim was unreasonable”. Master Rowley therefore found no good reason to depart from the budget set previously by a costs management order, despite the case settling for much less than expected. To read more, please Click Here.
