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CHANCERY DIVISION
Strand London WC2A 2LL |
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B e f o r e :
Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge
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HOOPER AND ANR | Claimant | |
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BIDDLE & CO | Defendant |
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183 Clarence Street Kingston-Upon-Thames Surrey KT1 1QT
Tel No: 020 8974 7300 Fax No: 020 8974 7301
(Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)
MR PARKER (instructed by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) appeared on behalf of the Defendant
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The parties' respective submissions
(i) The Defendant has paid the full amount that the single expert determined the Claimants had lost. In other words, the Claimants have won 100 per cent of the loss as identified by that single joint expert, Mr Hargreaves;(ii) The Claimants have recovered the sum of £38,000 in this litigation, which litigation was necessary to effect any recovery;
(iii) the Defendant turned its face against mediation throughout the litigation;
My Judgment