Costs Budgeting; the balancing act between the proportionality of a budget and the reasonableness of its constituent parts Two notable decisions on costs budgeting have recently been provided by the Courts. The first of these matters is Associated...
The Professional Deputies Forum (PDF) has funded an oral hearing in the SCCO, which dealt with the time spent delegating in Court of Protection bills of costs. The hearing related to a Lanyon Bowdler bill of costs where time spent delegating to junior fee...
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Belsner & Karatysz – a warning for both solicitors and checkmylegalfees.com on low cost portal cases The Court of Appeal decision in Belsner v Cam Legal Services [2022] EWCA Civ 1387 , would certainly be classed as a ‘win’ for the...
Mathieu v Hinds & Aviva: 60% Reduction in the Claimant’s Costs due to Failure to Beat a Calderbank Offer Mathieu v Hunds & Aviva [2022] EWHC 1624 (QB) Background The matter involved a personal injury claim for damages, arising out of a...
Kelly v Ralli Ltd [2022] EWHC B5 (Costs) Background The Claimant instructed the Defendant in respect of a personal injury claim. That claim concluded in 2019, at which point the Defendant's registered office was at Jackson House in Sale. However, on...
Tudor v (1) Dean & GCOL Limited – Detailed Assessment of Costs – Court Strikes Out Defendant’s Points of Dispute & Approves Good Reason to Depart from An Approved Costs Budget Clarke Willmott acted for the Petitioner Mr Tudor...
I have long held the view that the authorities support the ability to recover interest on a disbursement funding agreement. Of course, this is subject to the Court’s very wide discretion at CPR 44.2. This appears to be a view supported by Regional...
Moran v Smith (Bristol County Court, Deputy District Judge Napier, 17/12/2021) Paragon Costs were instructed on behalf of the Defendant (the receiving party). Unusually, a Provisional Assessment was undertaken in circumstances where the costs claimed...
Part 36: A Defendant may invoke the provisions of Part 36 as a Claimant if the offer is clear and there is a genuine counterclaim The Huntsworth Wine Company Limited v London City Bond Limited [2022] EWHC 97 (Comm) Background The Huntsworth...
