“…er, “limits to which “the payer of the cheque” must be considered the unsuccessful party in the litigation”. For example, in Medway Primary Care Trust v Marcus [2011] EWCA Civ 750, a case of alleged clinical negligence in which quantum had been agreed at £525,000 and the claimant had been awarded damages of only £2,000 for pain and suffe…”
“…here are, however, limits to which “the payer of the cheque” must be considered the unsuccessful party in the litigation. In Medway Primary Care Trust v Marcus [2011] EWCA Civ 750; [2011] Med LR 560; [2011] 5 Costs LR 808 (“Marcus”), the claimant claimed that he had had his left leg amputated as a result of the clinical negligence of the…”