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Dilapidations Disputes: The Fear of Crippling Legal Costs

The greatest fear in dilapidations disputes is mounting legal costs if proceedings are issued. Hence the longstanding practice of serving Part 36 (or Calderbank) offers. But as less than 1% of dilapidations cases make trial these days, along with ever-increasing pressure to mediate first with a costs penalty for refusing, is that practice now outmoded?

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