1. BVC Civil Procedure Costs Part II The Trial

2. Costs Proportionality - Giambrone v JMC Holidays Ltd [2003] 1 All ER 982 Conduct - (44.3) and 44.5 Groupama Insurance Co Ltd v Overseas Partners Re Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 1846 Booth v Britannia Hotels Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 579 Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust [2004] 1 WLR 3002 Burchell v Bullard [2005] EWCA Civ 358

3. The Indemnity Principle Harold v Smith [1860] 5 H& N Smith v Buller [1875] LR 19 Eq 473 Gundry v Sainsbury [1910] 1 KB 645 Increasingly obsolete (CFAs etc) - Hollins v Russell [2003] 1 WLR 2487

4. Preparation for trial Form N170 - pre-trial checklist Ensure all directions are complied with and if other directions are to be sought Fix or confirm a trial date Confirm the estimated trial length 28.6 - FT- 3 weeks notice of trial given unless the circumstances of the case are exceptional (28.6(2). Decide whether or not to hold a pre-trial review in a multi-track case

5. Preparation for trial When listing the court will decide - As to expert evidence (written or oral) Preparation of a trial bundle A trial timetable and time estimate Pre-Trial Review (29.7) in complex cases with numerous parties or which will last more than 10 days (see White Book commentary 29.7.1). Baron v Lovell The Times 14th September 1999) 29.8 Timetable should be agreed - 29.9

6. Preparation for trial The trial bundle agreed between the parties and prepared and filed by the claimant no more than 7 and not less than 3 days before the trial (PD39.3.1) “core bundle” (PD39.3.6) Practice Direction (Citation of Authority) [2001] 1 WLR 1001 Brown v Bennett Times 13th June 2000 reading lists (Practice Direction (RCJ Reading Lists and Time Estimates [2000] 1 WLR 208)

7. The trial Small claims - PD 27.4.3 Benham Ltd v Kythira Investments Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 1794 39.3 – if D fails to attend trial the court will hear C’s case and give judgment if it is proven. may be set aside if D applies promptly with a good reason for non-attendance and a reasonable prospec of success at a reconvened trial (– Barclays Bank plc v Ellis [2001] C.P.Rep50 Ashmore v Corp of Lloyd’s [1992] 2 All ER 486