Before then, Mr Hanison had notified NHS Resolution of 305 claims and issued letters of claim in around 100 of them. Mr Hanison commenced detailed assessment proceedings. Following a hearing on various preliminary issues shortly before the intervention, Costs Judge James slashed various items and criticised Fortitude’s approach to the litigation. “In short, Mr Hanison has abandoned the claimants in the six linked claims and their costs proceedings,” he said. “On that basis, Mr Hanison’s unreasonable behaviour started at the very outset of the detailed assessment proceedings by the signing of the bills.”