R v Barts Health NHS Trust

I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.

                  On 8 September 2021 I held a directions hearing by telephone in order to understand the claimant�s request for �1 DAY Initial� set out on the request for a detailed assessment hearing. The parties had agreed almost all of the directions before that telephone hearing took place and, in particular, had agreed that a number of general points of dispute would be dealt with on one day and that the remainder of the detailed assessment would take place over a subsequent two-day period.

                  The first of those days took place on 9 November 2021 and the parties were represented by leading counsel on both sides: Vikram Sachdeva QC for the claimant and Roger Mallalieu QC for the defendant. The remaining days were listed for 19 and 20 January 2022 but, in the light of the draft version of this judgment, a later listing was agreed.

                  The bill of costs brought before the court is the claimant�s and arises from an order made by MacDonald J sitting in both the Family Division and the Administrative Court on 3 October 2019. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of that order are as follows:

�3. The Trust shall pay the Claimant 80% of her costs in the judicial review proceedings, such costs to be assessed on a standard basis if not agreed.