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May 17, 2017
2 min

What is a Costs Lawyer? A Costs Lawyer is a type of lawyer who specialises in settling the legal cos

A Costs Lawyer is a type of lawyer who specialises in settling the legal costs of court cases. This legal specialist will work across all...

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May 8, 2017
2 min

COSTS BUDGETING – ROCK & ROLL BACK AGAIN

COSTS BUDGETING – ROCK & ROLL BACK AGAIN There is nothing like a dash of celebrity Stardust to act as a reminder of legal principles and...

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Apr 28, 2017
4 min

RECOVERING COSTS IN THE SMALL CLAIMS TRACK – CONSIDERING “UNREASONABLE BEHAVIOUR”

RECOVERING COSTS IN THE SMALL CLAIMS TRACK – CONSIDERING “UNREASONABLE BEHAVIOUR” In a recent case, the Court of Appeal has considered...

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Mar 30, 2017
5 min

Assigned and varied CFA -Supreme Court Allows Success Fee and ATE premium – Plevin v Paragon Persona

In Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Limited [2017] UKSC 23, the Supreme Court has upheld the recoverability of both the Claimant’s...

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Mar 24, 2017
3 min

NEW RULES ON COSTS BUDGETING & COURT HEARING FEES – Practice Direction 3 E – Civil Procedure Rul

NEW RULES ON COSTS BUDGETING & COURT HEARING FEES Two sets of amendments to the Rules are being implemented in relation to which...

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Mar 3, 2017
5 min

“The Court will not – the words are mandatory – depart from the budget, absent good reason.” Merrix

WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING? (3) We had not anticipated that we would be writing a series of articles on this subject in such...

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Feb 20, 2017
12 min

Costs Budgeting – A Comprehensive Update – SPH Costing Services Ltd – Costs Lawyers & Law Costs

Costs Budgeting – Update Generally The issue of costs budgeting is one which had its genesis in Jackson LJ’s Final Report of December...

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Feb 13, 2017
4 min

WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING (2)? – MacInnes v Hans Thomas Gross [2017] EWHC 127 (QB)

WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING (2)? “One of the main benefits to be gained from the increased work for the parties (and the court)...

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Jan 24, 2017
5 min

Proportionality of Costs – Savings Advice Ltd and Zinc Consumer Ltd v EDF Energy Customers PLC [2017

PROPORTIONALITY AND ADDITIONAL LIABILITIES – IS BNM DEAD IN THE WATER? A second Master in the Senior Courts Costs Office has declined to...

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Jan 11, 2017
3 min

Proposed Changes to Advocacy Costs In Crime Matters – Advocate Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS)

Plans to reform the Advocate Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS), the Fixed Fee scheme for Defence Advocates who undertake work on legally aided...

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Jan 9, 2017
2 min

A NEW HOPE ON PROPORTIONALITY – SCCO MASTERS SPLIT ON HOW THE NEW RULES APPLY TO ADDITIONAL LIABILIT

A NEW HOPE ON PROPORTIONALITY – SCCO MASTERS SPLIT ON HOW THE NEW RULES APPLY TO ADDITIONAL LIABILITIES. In a recent decision at the...

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Dec 13, 2016
5 min

Reasonable ATE premium can still be disproportionate – Martin v Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundati

Reasonable ATE premium can still be disproportionate Whilst the question of recoverable ATE premiums has been the subject of numerous...

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Nov 28, 2016
5 min

Senior Costs Judge provides insight into decisions on hourly rates, (retrospective) success fees, AT

Senior Costs Judge provides insight into decisions on hourly rates, (retrospective) success fees, ATE premiums and relief from sanctions...

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Nov 17, 2016
5 min

Court of Appeal clarifies when Fixed Recoverable Costs apply – Qader & Others v Esure Services L

Clarifying Fixed Recoverable Costs – Court of Appeal provides second judgement within a week There has, of late, been much uncertainty...

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Nov 14, 2016
3 min

MR TERRANCE BIRD v ACORN GROUP LTD – WHICH FIXED COSTS APPLY? [2016] EWCA Civ 1096 (11 November 2016

BIRD v ACORN – WHICH FIXED COSTS APPLY? The Court of Appeal has settled the debate as to which fixed costs apply in cases listed for...

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Oct 24, 2016
8 min

WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING? Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Claim No: A90BM

WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING? This is a question often asked rhetorically by practitioners frustrated by the seemingly ever more...

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Oct 6, 2016
6 min

PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF COSTS – Master Matthews – Ashman v Thomas [2016] EWHC 1810(Ch)

PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF COSTS The decision of Chancery Master Matthews earlier this year in the case of Ashman v Thomas [2016] EWHC...

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Sep 12, 2016
6 min

FAMILY LAW – INTER PARTES COSTS AWARDED BUT SLASHED ON SUMMARY ASSESSMENT – K v K [2016] EWHC 2002(F

FAMILY LAW – COSTS AWARDED BUT SLASHED ON SUMMARY ASSESSMENT A recent decision of the High Court Family Division serves to demonstrate...

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Aug 17, 2016
3 min

ADDITIONAL LIABILITIES ARE OUTSIDE THE COSTS BUDGETING PROCESS – Various Claimants v MGN Ltd [2016]

ADDITIONAL LIABILITIES ARE OUTSIDE THE COSTS BUDGETING PROCESS We previously reported on the decision of Master Gordon-Saker in the...

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Jul 25, 2016
4 min

BELTS AND BRACES ARE BEST – Suriaya Jamadar v Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

BELTS AND BRACES ARE BEST A recent case where perhaps the conducting Solicitor failed to see “the wood for the trees” when deciding not...

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