Uncapped Expenses in Simple Procedure Claim
A Claimant in a Simple Procedure case which was initially defended and then settled by way of a Tender and Acceptance has been awarded expenses of the action as assessed (taxed) after the Court rejected the Respondent’s arguments that expenses should have been capped at 10% of the principal sum. The case of Ian Douglas Graham v Paul Farrell [2017] SC Edin 75 is the first Simple Procedure case to deal with the question of whether or not the principles … Continued