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Surely the outcome was obvious to all involved. This case can only have been brought to put the issue of success fees and premiums being recoverable in defamation claims back in the spotlight at a time when government interference with legal costs is at fever pitch levels and in light of the bizarre Coventry case (incidentally re interference, some good interference - Jackson, with the exception of costs budgeting bungled format, rules and implementation, some bad - proposed increase in small claims track limit so people with a nasty injury cannot bring a claim unless they are an expert on liability, causation and quantum issues and the civil procedure).