Gould v Evolve Media, costs award (IMPRESS scheme)
IMPRESS · Press · England and Wales · 30 May 2018
Why it matters
The companion costs decision to the Gould award, showing the scheme's separate, capped approach to costs after a successful defamation claim.
Summary
This is a press-arbitration decision under the IMPRESS scheme, Jonny Gould (Claimant) v Evolve Media Limited (Respondent), dated 30 May 2018. The scheme offers a low-cost alternative to a libel action in the High Court, letting a complaint against a regulated publisher be decided by an arbitrator appointed through CIArb. The full award, with its findings and any remedy, is set out in the original, linked here.
The detail
Parties: Jonny Gould (Claimant) v Evolve Media Limited (Respondent)
Case number: IMPRESS Arbitration Scheme Case No. 132130205 (costs)
Outcome: Costs award following the main defamation award (see the IMPRESS published award for the figures).
Applicable law: Arbitration Act 1996; the CIArb/IMPRESS arbitration scheme rules on costs.
Issues in play: How costs are allocated in press arbitration, where scheme rules cap and constrain what can be recovered.
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