“… as Lewis v Ward Hadaway [2015] EWHC 3503 (Ch); [2016] 4 WLR 6; Bhatti v Ashgar [2016] 3 Costs LR 493; and Liddle v Atha & Co Solicitors [2018] EWHC 1751 (QB); [2018] 1 WLR 4953.…”
“…The last case is Liddle v Atha & Co Solicitors [2018] EWHC 1751(QB), [2018] 1 WLR 4953. The claimant’s solicitor sent the claim form to the court two days before the limitation period expired, but it was not issued until a week after. The value o…”
“…n constitute an abuse of process: see for example Lewis v Ward Hadaway (a firm) [2015] EWHC 3503 (Ch), and Liddle v Atha & Co Solicitors [2018] EWHC 1751 (QB), [2018] 1 WLR 4953. These cases involved the deliberate understating of the value of the claim on the claim form in order to avoid paying higher court fees. In both cases, it was…”