Peter Curnock writes on a bid to block wasted. Peter Curnock is a litigation partner at Marriott Harrison.
The Court of Appeal, ever anxious to deter expensive satellite litigation, has imposed a procedural straitjacket on parties seeking to recover wasted costs. Unless such applications can be disposed of in “summary proceedings”, they will not be entertained at all. Save in exceptional circumstances, the blameworthy conduct must be readily visible without the need for […]