KA-2024-000232 - [2025] EWHC 1681 (KB)
Fecha: 03-Jul-2025
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MRS JUSTICE HILL Approved Judgment | Ward v Rai |

ON APPEAL FROM THE SENIOR COURTS
COSTS OFFICE FROM THE DECISION OF
DEPUTY COSTS JUDGE FRISTON
Claim No. QB-2022-MAN-000248
SCCO REF: SC-2024-BTP000332
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before :
MRS JUSTICE HILL DBE
(sitting with Cost Judge Leonard as assessor)
Between:
PAUL WARD | Appellant / Claimant |
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GAGANDEEP RAI | Respondent / Defendant |
Thomas Mason (instructed by Ralli Limited) for the Appellant
Andrew Lyons (instructed by Kennedys) for the Respondent
Hearing date: 18 June 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 12 noon on 3rd July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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MRS JUSTICE HILL
Mrs Justice Hill:
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- Introduction
- The legal framework for detailed assessment proceedings
- Cases considering Points of Dispute
- The procedural history
- The 5-6 August 2024 hearing
- The Judge’s judgment on Point 23 and the schedule
- The 8 November 2024 hearing
- The Judge’s judgment on costs
- Legal principles appliable to this appeal
- The grounds of appeal
- Ground 1
- Ground 2
- Ground 3
- Ground 5
- Ground 4
- Overall conclusions
- Conclusions