Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd (Wasted Costs Order Judgment)

Subject Matter

COSTS — Wasted costs order — Legal representatives — Personal injury claim dismissed for fundamental dishonesty — Costs awarded against claimant but made unenforceable to level of honest damages and capped at lower sum — Defendant applying for wasted costs against claimant’s solicitors — Whether solicitors acted improperly, unreasonably or negligently so as to cause defendant irrecoverable costs — Approach to be taken to wasted cost orders — Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 51(6)

[2024] EWHC 2415 (KB); [2025] 4 WLR 78; [2025] 2 All ER 920; [2025] WLR(D) 332, KBD

Commentary

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No wasted costs after fundamental dishonesty: Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports [2024] EWHC 2415 (KB) Case comment