Transformers And Rectifiers Ltd v Needs Ltd [2015] EWHC 1687 (TCC) (12 June 2015)

Transformers And Rectifiers Ltd v Needs Ltd [2015] EWHC 1687 (TCC) (12 June 2015)

There is no rule or binding authority preventing a judge, other than the one who made the original costs orders, from summarily assessing those costs, especially where the original orders were made on the papers and not after a contested hearing.

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Citation
[2015] EWHC 1687 (TCC)
Parties
Claimant: Transformers and Rectifiers Limited; Defendant: Needs Limited
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
12 June 2015
Procedural Posture
Costs Assessment in Civil Litigation / Post Interlocutory, Summary Assessment of Costs
Outcome
Application granted; summary assessment of costs conducted by current judge.
Legal Topics
Summary Assessment of Costs, Jurisdiction of Judges, Civil Procedure Rules (cpr), Practice Direction 44
Civil Procedure Summary Assessment of Costs Jurisdiction of Judges Civil Procedure Rules (cpr) Practice Direction 44

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Parties

Transformers and Rectifiers Limited

Claimant

Needs Limited

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Costs Assessment in Civil Litigation / Post Interlocutory, Summary Assessment of Costs

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether a judge who did not make the original costs orders can summarily assess those costs

Ratio Decidendi

There is no rule or binding authority preventing a judge, other than the one who made the original costs orders, from summarily assessing those costs, especially where the original orders were made on the papers and not after a contested hearing.

Court Disposition

Application granted; summary assessment of costs conducted by current judge.

Orders

  • The judge summarily assessed the three sets of costs, including those ordered by Edwards-Stuart J and those ordered at the hearing.