£250k Fixed Fee Agreement Found to be Unreasonable & is Set Aside by Costs Judge Brown
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Getting the basics right- “All of these errors could have been avoided with a little diligence”
In the matter of Thompson v NSL Limited [2021] EWHC 679 (QB) Master McCloud considered an application by the Claimant to revise parts of a budget originally approved by a District Judge in the County Court.
In the matter of Morrow v Shrewsbury RUFC, Mrs Justice Farbey considered whether it would be just for a Claimant who had exaggerated their claim to recover costs after succeeding at trial, and if not, what would be a reasonable and just deduction to those costs.
Solicitor and own client assessments have been on the rise for some time now. The question of whether informed consent has been provided by the client for the solicitor to charge fees over and above that which had been allowed on an inter-partes basis has recently been considered.
Recovery of Only a Fraction of the Pleaded Damages is Not Sufficient to Depart from this Principle
Decision No.1 - Pallett v MGN Ltd [2021] EWHC 76 (Ch) (19 January 2021)
The long awaited Guideline Hourly Rate (GHR) report has now been published by the working group. The main takeaway from this report are the proposed increased hourly rates, which have been described as a ‘modest’ increase by the working group.
This issue, along with various others, was considered by HHJ Hilder in ACC & Ors [2020] EWCOP 9. The test case related to three applicants who lacked capacity to manage their property and affairs or conduct litigation. None of the deputyship orders...
In PLK & Ors (full judgment here ) Master Whalan has provided guidance as to the appropriate hourly rates to be claimed in Court of Protection matters. The starting point will now be a rate equating to c. 120% of the 2010 guideline rates. Whilst the...
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