“…st instance cases, such 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.…”
“… Practice Directions can 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…”