Surveyors’ fees may be fully recoverable
A successful claimant against a government department obtains a costs award only to find that part of his expenditure on surveyors’ fees has been disallowed in accordance with the so-called Ryde’s scale.
This perceived injustice (which may well deter the claimant from taking action in the first place) could be on the way out: see
Surveyors’ fees may be fully recoverable
A successful claimant against a government department obtains a costs award only to find that part of his expenditure on surveyors’ fees has been disallowed in accordance with the so-called Ryde’s scale.
This perceived injustice (which may well deter the claimant from taking action in the first place) could be on the way out: see Scales of injustice tipped Estates Gazette 7 September 2002, p139, where Chris Grimshaw, of Chesterton, recounts how the Lands Tribunal (Norman Rose FRICS) was recently persuaded to allow full reimbursement of the fees paid.
