IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM BIRKENHEAD COUNTY COURT
(HHJ PHIPPS)
Strand London, WC2 |
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B e f o r e :
(Vice President of the Court of Appeal, Civil Division)
LORD JUSTICE CARNWATH
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CHRISTINE BLACK | Defendant/Appellant | |
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(1) NADIA PASTOUNA | ||
(2) NATASHA PASTOUNA | Claimants/Respondents |
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Monday, 31st October 2005
"A judgment must be made in every case in which the use of VCF is being considered not only as to whether it will achieve an overall cost saving but as to whether its use will be likely to be beneficial to the efficient, fair and economic disposal of the litigation."
ORDER: application refused; matter to go for comparative costs assessment.