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COSTS-04 · Mark John Mayo v Miss E / L00BP152

Where are the reasons for the costs decision?

Unresolved according to the family

The question · editorial wording

Where are the reasons explaining the costs assessment and payment requirement recorded? Identify any judgment, order, hearing recording, transcript or contemporaneous note that contains them, and explain how Miss E can obtain the relevant record. What costs submissions were considered, and what objections by Miss E were addressed?

Why this matters Scrutiny of judicial reasoning

A party cannot meaningfully understand or challenge a decision if its reasoning cannot be located. The question calls for the decision’s recorded basis, not a private discussion with the judge.

Current question directed to: His Honour Judge Paul Mitchell · case-specific records and response through the relevant court / HMCTS

Recipient of the related request in the supplied record
His Honour Judge Paul Mitchell
Related request in record
29 April 2026 · signed final notice
Sending of a new request by this publication
No new enquiry sent by this publication.

The supplied signed final notice is addressed to Judge Paul Mitchell and describes repeated requests exceeding one year. Mr J reports that these remain unanswered as of 15 September 2026. This page restates and specifies those requests; it is not a newly delivered enquiry from The Unanswered Record. The seven-day period in the letter was requested by its author, not imposed by this publication or identified as a court direction.

What the record answers

The reviewed final notice records the author’s position that no N260 or adequate explanation had been supplied. No substantive reply resolving these points has been provided to this publication. Mr J reports that the requests remain unresolved.

The point still requiring clarification

Locate the reasoning in an identifiable record and state the access route. If a requested record is unavailable, identify which record, why it is unavailable and what alternative account can be supplied.

Final notice dated 29 April 2026 · family’s response position updated 15 September 2026. No live “days unanswered” count is used.

Where this question comes from

Court costs: the requests and final notice → Read the originating article

Supporting source notes: R, pp. 1–2.

Mark John Mayo v Miss E / L00BP152

Keep the record complete

Answer this question.

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