The Weekly Law Reports
[2017] 1 WLR 4456
Court of Appeal
*Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
[2017] EWCA Civ 792
2017 May 10;
June 21
June 21
Sir Terence Etherton MR, Black, Davis LJJ, sitting with Master Gordon-Saker as an assessor
Costs— Costs management— Approval of costs budget— Costs management order in medical negligence claim— Detailed assessment by costs judge after settlement of claim— Whether departure from approved costs budget permissible only for “good reason”— Whether same requirement for costs incurred pre-budget— When case “commenced” for purposes of transitional provisions relating to proportionality—
CPR r 3.18, Practice Direction 3E, para 7.4, r 44.3(7)(a)