Claimant v JCI Capital Ltd
Outcome
Facts
This is a reconsideration application concerning a costs judgment made against the claimant following the dismissal of his claims against the second, third and fourth respondents at a full merits hearing in February 2025. The claimant sought reconsideration on three grounds: that the costs application should have been deferred until written reasons were delivered, that the tribunal wrongly proceeded without considering his means, and that the costs award was excessive.
Decision
The tribunal refused the reconsideration application under rule 70(2) on the basis that there was no reasonable prospect of the costs judgment being varied or revoked. The judge found no substance in any of the three grounds raised and concluded that the application was effectively an attempt to run an entirely new case on costs contrary to the overriding objective and the principle of finality of litigation.
Practical note
Reconsideration applications concerning costs judgments will fail where they amount to attempts to rerun the costs arguments rather than identifying genuine errors of law or procedure warranting reconsideration.
Legal authorities cited
Statutes
Case details
- Case number
- 2202339/2020
- Decision date
- 5 March 2025
- Hearing type
- reconsideration
- Hearing days
- 10
- Classification
- procedural
Respondent
- Name
- JCI Capital Ltd
- Sector
- financial services
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- solicitor
Claimant representation
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- solicitor