Costs poserMartin Cockx does muppets an injustice (see [2000] Gazette, 7 December, 20).

In a recent brush with one of these costs' negotiators, the assessor negotiated my costs upwards.Imagine my puzzlement to see in print - no typing error involved as I phoned to check - an offer of settlement higher than my original request.

Kermit would surely not have made such a mistake.Rob Pomeroy, Ellis & Co, Chester