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"The paying parties’ insurer, Allianz, said hourly rates had been inflated and it had been misled as to the status of the people carrying out the work, with senior lawyers’ rates applied to junior fee earners’ work. "

Then they deserved getting the book thrown at them.

I don't see that this will "embolden" defendants to challenge unfairly inflated costs - it's something they can (and should) be able to do as of right.

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