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the Court of Appeal, by consent, allowed the claimant’s appeal against the order of Nottingham County Court that he pay the costs of an interlocutory application on an open basis, rather than paying fixed costs in accordance with CPR 45.29H.
This is a reminder that fixed costs apply to defendants as well as to claimants.
The rule is crystal clear.
Not all judges get it.
The claimant here not only lost originally, but also lost at the first appeal stage.
See – FIXED COSTS, ALL THE PORTALS AND FIXED RECOVERABLE COSTS
