costs – Charles Cooper

Grijns v. Grijns [2025] EWHC 2853 (Ch)

In a proprietary estoppel case where the successful party was ‘said to have been unreasonable in their approach to mediation’, the Court finds ‘There can be no quarrel with the idea that parties, in litigation, should make reasonable efforts to settle… That, however, does not compel, or require, a litigant, confronted by a wholly unreasonable…
Read more: Grijns v. Grijns [2025] EWHC 2853 (Ch)
Stoney-Anderson v. Abbas [2023] EWHC 2964 (Ch)

An executor loses indemnity for costs in fighting his removal ‘when it ought to have been obvious that… in light of the allegations made against him, the administration of the estate would not be carried out effectively and properly so long as he remained’: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2023/2964
Read more: Stoney-Anderson v. Abbas [2023] EWHC 2964 (Ch)
Richefond & Ors v. Dillon [2023] EWHC 2796 (Ch)

Executors to pay their own legal costs in a claim to propound a Will where they had ‘knowledge of the potential uncertainties’ and ‘the circumstances were such as to reasonably lead to an investigation’, but they failed to investigate prior to issuing proceedings, and failed to take a neutral stance: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2023/2796
Read more: Richefond & Ors v. Dillon [2023] EWHC 2796 (Ch)

Charles Cooper | Barrister