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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decisions >> Shazam Productions v Only Fools the Dining Experience & Ors (Costs) [2020] EWHC 3363 (Ch) (08 December 2020) URL: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2020/3363.html Cite as: [2020] EWHC 3363 (Ch) |
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BUSINESS & PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD)
B e f o r e :
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SHAZAM PRODUCTIONS LIMITED |
Claimant |
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(1) ONLY FOOLS THE DINING EXPERIENCE LIMITED (2) IMAGINATION WORKSHOP PTY LIMITED (a Company incorporated in Australia) (3) ALISON GAY POLLARD-MANSERGH (4) PETER GORDON MANSERGH (5) KATHERINE MARY GILLHAM (6) IMAGINATION WORKSHOP LIMITED (7) IMAGINATION WORKSHOP FESTIVAL LIMITED (8) JARED HARFORD |
Defendants |
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Thomas St Quintin (instructed by Brandsmiths) for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Defendants
The 4th Defendant as a litigant in person
The 6th, 7th and 8th Defendants added as additional Defendants after the applications
Costs Judgment on written submissions
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Crown Copyright ©
Covid -19 Protocol: This judgment was handed down by Master Teverson remotely at 10.00 am GMT on Tuesday 8th December 2020. The Approved Judgment was circulated to the parties' representatives and released to BAILII.
MASTER TEVERSON:
(1) The court has discretion as to-
(a)whether costs are payable by one party to another;
(b)the amount of those costs;
(c)when they are to be paid.
(2) If the court decides to make an order about costs-
(a)the general rule is that the unsuccessful party will be ordered to pay the costs of the successful party; but
(b)the court may make a different order.
(3) [not material]
(4) In deciding what order (if any) to make about costs, the court will have regard to all the circumstances including-
(a) the conduct of all the parties;
(b)whether a party has succeeded on part of its case, even if that party has not been wholly successful; and
(c) any admissible offer to settle made by a party which is drawn to the court's attention, and which is not an offer to which costs consequences under Part 36 apply.
(5) The conduct of the parties includes-
(a)conduct before, as well as during the proceedings and in particular the extent to which the parties followed the Practice Direction-Pre_Action Conduct or any relevant pre-action protocol;
(b)whether it was reasonable for a party to raise, pursue or contest a particular allegation or issue;
(c)the manner in which a party has pursued or defended its case or a particular allegation or issue; and
(d) whether a claimant who has succeeded in the claim, in whole or in part, exaggerated its claim.
(6)The orders which the court may make under this rule include an order that a party must pay-
(a) a proportion of another party's costs;
(b) a stated amount in respect of another party's costs;
(c) costs from or until a certain date
(d) costs incurred before proceedings have begun
(e) costs relating to a particular step taken in the proceedings
(f) costs relating only to a distinct part of the proceedings; and
(g) interest on costs from or until a certain date, including a date before judgment."
"4.1 The court may make an order about costs at any stage in a case.
Rule 9.2 expressly refers to the costs of applications when stating the general rule as to the circumstances in which the court should make a summary assessment of the costs. This includes:-
"(b) at the conclusion of any other hearing, which has lasted not more than one day, in which case the order will deal with the costs of the application or matter to which the hearing related" (underlining added).
The costs as between the Claimant and the Brandsmiths Defendant
Summary assessment of the costs of the Brandsmiths Defendants.
Costs as between the Claimant and the Fourth Defendant
Summary Assessment of the Fourth Defendant's costs
"(4) The amount of costs to be allowed to the litigant in person for any item of work claimed will be-
(a)where the litigant can prove financial loss, the amount that the litigant can prove to have been lost for time reasonably spent on doing the work; or
(b)where the litigant cannot prove financial loss, an amount for the time reasonably spent on doing the work at the rate set out in Practice Direction 46."
"3.2 Where a self represented litigant wishes to prove that the litigant has suffered financial loss, the litigant should produce to the court any written evidence relied on to support that claim, and serve a copy of that evidence on any party against whom the litigant seeks costs at least 24 hours before the hearing at which the question may be decided.
3.4 The amount, which may be allowed to a self represented litigant under rule 45.39(5)9b) and rule 46.5(4)(b), is £19 per hour."
Outcome
Note 1 The Business and Property Courts Advisory Note para. 14(7). [Back]