16 Dec 2009
RIDDIFORD AND ANOR V THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL CA CA353/2009
- Citation
- openlaw-89e9dded_acde_41d3_892a_4be97247c345.pdf
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Leave to appeal was granted limited to two costs questions: (1) whether the Land Valuation Tribunal had jurisdiction to award costs in favour of the Crown and (2) whether the Tribunal's award of costs was excessive; other grounds for further appeal were declined. The High Court's power to award costs under s37A is clear and binds the Crown; the continued force of the 1903 scale limiting costs to £300 is a live legal question appropriate for appeal.