EE Limited v Virgin Mobile Telecoms Limited
The court exercised discretion and awarded interest at 1% above base rate, considering submissions and applying caution.
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- Parties
- Claimant: EE Limited; Respondent: Virgin Mobile Telecoms Limited
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 02 May 2026
- Procedural Posture
- Civil / Ruling on Interest
- Outcome
- interest awarded at 1% above base rate
- Legal Topics
- Interest on Costs, Discretionary Orders
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Parties
EE Limited
Claimant
Virgin Mobile Telecoms Limited
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil / Ruling on Interest
Legal Issues
- 1 appropriate rate of interest on costs
Ratio Decidendi
The court exercised discretion and awarded interest at 1% above base rate, considering submissions and applying caution.
Court Disposition
interest awarded at 1% above base rate
Orders
- Interest on costs to be paid at 1% above base rate
Full Case Text
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Neutral Citation Number: [2023] EWHC 2423 (TCC) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE KING’S BENCH DIVISION TECHNOLOGY & CONSTRUCTION COURT Case No: HT-2022-000253 Royal Courts of Justice, Rolls Building Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 27 September 2023 Before : Mrs Justice Joanna Smith - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between : EE Limited - and - Virgin Mobile Telecoms Limited Claimant Respondent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Conall Patton KC and Gideon Shirazi (instructed by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP) for the Claimant Adam Zellick KC, Philip Ahlquist and Gillian Hughes (instructed by Baker & McKenzie LLP) for the Respondent Hearing dates: 27th September 2023 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RULING ON INTEREST Mrs Justice Joanna Smith Wednesday, 27 September 2023 (12:57 pm) Ruling by MRS JUSTICE JOANNA SMITH 1. The parties are at odds over the rate to be awarded on interest on costs (the principle of interest being accepted). The defendant seeks 2% above base rate, whereas the claimant argues for 1 % above base. Taking a broad brush approach to the brief submissions from the parties and applying caution for reasons I have already identified, I am going to order 1% above base rate in the exercise of my discretion.