Dr Brian May and Another v Wavell Group Plc and Another

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtSenior Court Costs Office
JudgeMaster Rowley
Judgment Date16 June 2016
Neutral Citation[2016] EWHC B16 (Costs)
Docket NumberCase No: JR 1504587
Date16 June 2016

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4 cases
  • Catherine King v Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Senior Court Costs Office
    • 30 November 2016
    ...amount of costs claimed could not be said to be proportionate. 11 Mr Brown also referred to the case of May v Wavell Group [2016] EWHC B16 (Costs) where the claim settled for £25,000 in damages and was limited to £35,000 plus VAT for costs on the ground of proportionality. In this case proc......
  • Mrs Valerie Elsie May Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 24 February 2017
    ...obvious difference is the need to apply the new proportionality test, as explained in May and May v Wavell Group plc and another [2016] EWHC B16 (Costs) (" May"). See [51]; iv) " Budget" does not mean either a cap or a fixed amount. The ordinary meaning is more " of an available fund". It i......
  • Bernard Murrells (Executor of the Estate of Jill Murrells deceased) v Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Senior Court Costs Office
    • 17 January 2017
    ... ... party of all or part of a success fee payable by another party under a conditional fee agreement or of an amount in ... 44 In May v Wyvell Group [2016] EWHC B16 Costs, agreeing with Master O' Hare , ... ...
  • Valerie Elsie May Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 13 October 2016
    ...by the approach to be adopted in relation to proportionality on assessment. In May and May v Wavell Group plc and another [2016] EWHC B16 (Costs) Master Rowley set out the test clearly defined by the rules: " CPR 44.3 (2) (A) gives rise essentially to a two-stage test. First, an assessment......