In litigation, the indemnity principle is ‘simply that costs are normally to be paid in compensation for what the receiving party has or is obliged himself to pay. They are not punitive and should not enable the receiving party to make a profit’ (May LJ). Fundamentally, the underlying principle is that the receiving party is …
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