Appeal dismissed in long-running litigation over legal costs adjudication

Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal challenging the High Court's approval of a legal costs adjudicator's decision, which had been sought by a litigant in a protracted legal dispute. The appellant had sought to review the respondents' legal costs, claiming an inability to properly contest the Bill of Costs without access to the opposing solicitors' files. The High Court had previously affirmed the legal costs adjudicator's reductions to the respondents' legal fees and rejected the appellant's request for discovery of the solicitors' files. The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's decision, finding no grounds to overturn the ruling and awarded costs to the respondents, to be adjudicated if not agreed upon.