“19. In short, a party that resolutely proceeds to a separately listed costs management hearing with an overly ambitious budget should not readily assume that the court will be willing to see both its time and resources and those of opposing parties' engaged without any potential consequence in costs. 20. Neither do I agree that if there is to be an order other than "in the case", the starting point is that a party that secures approval of a sum at least something in excess of that offered by an opponent thereby establishes "success" and so should avoid an adverse costs order against them. Not least because success could equally be defined as that of the opposing party in securing substantial reductions. Hence, as I am satisfied, why it is appropriate for the court to take a more rounded and general view of the process that took place. … 30. The overall impression and conclusion I reached was that the Claimant's Precedent H was unreasonable and unrealistic in terms of proportionality. It led to a polarised approach between the parties on budgeting that had prevented settlement and so necessitated a separate hearing proceeding that either might have been vacated or, even if not, should have followed a more conventional process of modest arithmetical adjustment and modification, rather than fundamental deconstruction of the Claimant's proposals and as led to sizeable reductions.”