Sharon Challis v Howard Bradpiece
| Court | Senior Court Costs Office |
| Judge | Costs Judge Roy |
| Neutral Citation | [2024] EWHC 1124 (SCCO) |
| Date | 13 May 2024 |
| Year | 2024 |
Neutral Citation Number: [2024] EWHC 1124 (SCCO)
Case No: SC-2023-BTP-000086
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
SENIOR COURTS COSTS OFFICE
Thomas More Building
Royal Courts of Justice
London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 13 May 2024
Before :
DEPUTY COSTS JUDGE ROY KC
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Between:
SHARON CHALLIS
-and-
HOWARD BRADPIECE
Claimant/
Receiving Party
Defendant/
Paying Party
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Thomas Mason (counsel instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP) for the Claimant
Edward O’Neill (costs advocate instructed by Medical Protection) for the Defendant
Hearing date: 25 May 2023 (followed by written submissions)
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JUDGMENT
I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this
Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
This judgment has been handed down remotely by circulation to the parties or their
representatives by email and release to the National Archives.
Introduction
1. I am determining a difficult and (to the best of my knowledge) hitherto undecided point
of law. The point is one of statutory construction. The provision in question is CPR
44.13.
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PXT v (A Child by her Mother and Litigation Friend, AXD)
...Courts Act 1981 was, in the absence ground for wasted costs being made out, inconsistent with such costs protection. In Challis v Bradpiece [2024] EWHC 1124 (SCCO) Deputy Costs Judge Roy KC found, following argument, that QOCS did apply in detailed assessment proceeding but held that the co......