Update on costs award to defendant for prosecution case that ‘should never have been started'

BCL partner Tom McNeill and Colin Todd of CS Todd & Associates write for The Expert Witness Journal (p.100) to update on the recovery of defence costs following an unsuccessful fire safety prosecution – the Fire Authority did not have protected status by virtue of being a public authority and ordering the payment of costs in full did not risk a ‘chilling effect on prosecutorial functions’.

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