09 February 2012
R (on the application of Newham London Borough Council) v Stratford Magistrates’ Court [2012] All ER (D) 184 (Jan)
It was an established principle that the starting point and default position where a party had successfully opposed a decision of a public authority was no order as to costs. When City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council v Booth [2000] All ER (D) 635 referred to financial prejudice to the successful private party as potentially justifying a departure from that position, what was required was evidence that that party would suffer exceptional or substantial financial hardship.
