In R (Parreen) v Redbridge LBC (2020) EWCA Civ 194 the Court of Appeal has reiterated the principles that should be applied when dealing with the costs of judicial review proceedings which have been withdrawn or settled prior to a full hearing in circumstances where the claimant has obtained all or some of the relief claimed. It is necessary to identify the “successful party”, but success consists not only in obtaining the relief sought, but also obtaining it earlier than would otherwise have been the case.  The Court of Appeal also reiterated  however that investigation of such matters has to be kept within reasonable and proportionate bounds; and that the fact that the claimant obtained the relief sought did not necessarily mean that the proceedings had caused or contributed to that outcome.

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