King's / Queen's Bench Division of the High Court

[2025] EWHC 2307 (KB)

Fecha: 16-Jul-2025

Conclusions

Conclusions

127.

In conclusion we have, like Constable J and Senior Costs Judge Gordon-Saker, often considered that the defendants’ offered figures for the claimants’ costs are broadly correct. Though on some occasions we have considered both the defendants’ offered figures, and their own budgeted figures still to stray considerably on the side of generosity. In respect of the claimants’ budgets, it is plain that the largest reductions stem from the layers of representation leading to, for example, claims for individual, non-lead firms to audit or replicate work already being done by the Lead firms.

128.

In summary, we have allowed the following amounts for the phases we have approved:

Tranche 3

Claimants

• Claimed at £55,731,549.35 in total

• Claimed at £41,476,780.33 excluding Expert Reports

• Allowed at £21,024,850.01

Defendants

• Claimed at £75,779,828.07 in total

• Claimed at £62,722,373.79 excluding Expert Reports

• Allowed at £48,058,002.04

Second General

Claimants

• Claimed at £19,776,700.50 in total

• Claimed at £8,772,412.00 excluding ADR

• Allowed at £1,430,000.00

Defendants

• Claimed at £3,557,144.35 in total

• Claimed at £1,666,813.05 excluding ADR

• Allowed at £1,319,114.70.

APPENDIX 1

Representation

Claimants

Benjamin Williams KC

Kevin Latham

Theo Barclay

Simon Teasdale

Defendants

Mercedes

Jamie Carpenter KC,

Imran Benson

Ford

Nicola Greaney KC,

Matthew Waszak

Renault

Stephen Bailey

Nissan

Shaman Kapoor

Nissan dealers

Rebecca Keating (by way of written submissions only)

PCD

Andrew Lyons

BMW

Martyn Griffiths

FCA

Andrew Lyons

Hyundai-Kia

Martyn Griffiths

JLR

Daniel Laking

Porsche

Nicholas Bacon KC

Suzuki

Nicholas Bacon KC

Toyota

Sophie Weber

Vauxhall

Andrew Lyons

Volvo

Paul Hughes

Nicholas Bacon KC, Thomas Evans