LEGAL COSTS BLOG

Welcome to our legal costs blog. Here you will find all the latest developments in the field of legal costs with summaries of and key takeaways from all the important cases. We hope you find it interesting and informative.

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CPR 46.9(3)(c)(ii) | Is Informed Consent Required? | And The One Fifth Rule

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Better late than never

Failure To File And Serve An N260 Statement Of Costs

19/05/2021

Costs budget revisions

CPR 3.15A | Costs Budget Revisions | A Significant Development Need Not Be A Specific Event

18/05/2021

High Court Reinstates Default Costs Certificate Despite Invalid Email Service Of N252

17/05/2021

Defendants Fail To Have US$3.7m Default Costs Certificate Set Aside

16/05/2021

CPR 36.17(5) | Costs Following Trial On Liability And The Effect Of A Part 36 Offer

29/04/2021

Indemnity Costs | Not A Blank Cheque

28/04/2021

CPR 47.20(3)(b) | Can The Size Of Reduction Save A Bad Offer In Detailed Assessment Proceedings?

26/04/2021

CPR 21.10 | Can A Part 36 Offer Be Withdrawn After Acceptance But Before Court Approval?

22/04/2021

Security for Costs

The Cost Of Providing Security For Costs | Court of Appeal Decision

21/04/2021

CPR 3.15A | Costs Budget Revisions | Significant Developments And The Need To Act Promptly

18/04/2021

Costs Of Interested Parties In Procurement Challenges

24/03/2021

CPR 45.43 | Arrhus Convention Costs Caps And VAT

24/03/2021

SEABROOK V ADAM

Liability Only Part 36 Offer Ineffective Where Causation In Dispute | Court Of Appeal Decision

19/03/2021

Experts' Fees | How Much Detail Is Required On Detailed Assessment?

Experts’ Fees | How Much Detail Is Required On Detailed Assessment?

12/03/2021

The Power To Strike Out Points Of Dispute In The First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)

10/03/2021

CPR 44.2(8) | Payments On Account In Costs Budgeted Cases

24/02/2021

Suing For Unpaid Fees? | Statute Bills And The Client's Right To Challenge

Suing For Unpaid Fees? | Statute Bills And The Client’s Right To Challenge

04/02/2021

CPR 46.9(3), Informed Consent And The Dangers Of Oral Retainers

03/02/2021

Infinity and beyond

CPR 36.17(4) | Does It Apply To The Costs Of Detailed Assessment?

01/02/2021

Clock is ticking

Interim Statute Bills | Does Your Retainer Allow Them?

21/01/2021

Do The Aarhus Convention Costs Caps Include VAT? | Court Of Appeal Decision

Do The Aarhus Convention Costs Caps Include VAT? | Court Of Appeal Decision

13/01/2021

CPR 47.12 | Setting Aside A Default Costs Certificate | Application Denied

17/12/2020

Risk Assessment

Two Stage Pre LASPO Success Fees In Clinical Negligence Cases

10/12/2020

The Chorley Principle

The Chorley Principle In The Court Of Protection

09/12/2020

The Correct Approach To Summary Assessment | Guideline Hourly Rates Up By 35%?

03/12/2020

CPR 36.17(4) | Just Consequences | Court Of Appeal Decision

18/11/2020

payment on account

CPR 44.2(8) | Payments On Account Of Costs | Court Of Appeal Decision

13/11/2020

CPR 44.11 | Claimant’s Costs Of £174,565.79 Reduced To Nil

01/11/2020

Informed Consent

CPR 46.9 | Fiduciary Duties And Informed Consent

19/10/2020

CPR 38.6 | Default Rule Disapplied On Discontinuance

CPR 38.6 | Default Rule Disapplied On Discontinuance

18/10/2020

Partial Success

SOME YOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE | PARTIAL SUCCESS AND THE COURTS’ APPROACH TO COSTS

07/10/2020

Summary determination of costs

Summary Determination Of Costs Without A Trial

07/10/2020

Does A CFA Survive A Loss Of Capacity Or Substitution Of A Litigation Friend?

04/10/2020

Guideline Hourly Rates

Hourly Rates In Court Of Protection (And Other) Cases

01/10/2020

Significant Developments

Significant Developments And The New Precedent T

30/09/2020

Admission Chalkboard

Inquest Costs | When Is An ‘Admission’ Not An Admission?

26/09/2020

Kings Security Systems Ltd v King & Anor

Costs Budgeting And Incurred Costs | To Comment Or Not To Comment

17/09/2020

Interim Statute Bills Versus Requests For Payment On Account

Interim Statute Bills Versus Requests For Payment On Account

05/09/2020

Litigation Friend

Costs Orders Against Litigation Friends | Court of Appeal Decision

24/08/2020

Recovery Of Costs Pursuant To A Contractual Entitlement

20/08/2020

security for costs

Higher Level Of Security For Costs Based Upon A Potential Award Of Indemnity Costs Declined

21/07/2020

Marbrow v Sharpes Garden Services Ltd

The Cap On Recoverable Costs Of Costs Budgeting And Other ‘Interesting’ Points

11/07/2020

Genuine attempt to settle the proceedings

CPR 36.17(4) | Claimant’s Part 36 Offer Which Amounted To 99.7% Of The Claim Was A Genuine Attempt To Settle

10/07/2020

Issue Based Costs Orders, CPR 36.17(4) And Payments On Account Under CPR 44.2(8)

03/07/2020

IWUANYAWU V RATCLIFFES SOLICITORS

Interim Statute Bills And Special Circumstances Under s70(3) Solicitors Act 1974

16/06/2020

Narayanasamy v Karim & Anor [2020] EWHC B22

The Limitation Act 1980 And Recovery Of Unpaid Solicitors’ Fees

12/06/2020

Set-Off Of Costs Against Damages Or Costs | The Principles

09/06/2020

MEF v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1300 (QB)

Does A Calderbank Offer Expire At The Door Of The Court?

28/05/2020

Utting v City College Norwich

CPR 3.18(b) | Underspend Does Not Constitute Good Reason To Depart From An Approved Budget

26/05/2020

HEATHFIELD INTERNATIONAL LLC V AXIOM STONE (LONDON) LTD

CPR 3.14 | Late Costs Budget | Relief From Sanctions Denied

20/05/2020

Rippon Patel And French LLP v Mowlam [2020] EWHC 1079 (QB)

Solicitors Act 1974 | Part Payments, Delay And Special Circumstances

07/05/2020

Morrow v Shrewsbury Rugby Union Football Club Ltd

Exaggeration and CPR 44.2(5)(d) | I’ve Told You A Million Times

06/05/2020

Nosworthy v Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

CPR 44.2(6)(g) | Pre Judgment Interest On Costs Under | A General Rule?

03/05/2020

Fuseon Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Shinners

Inter Fee Earner Discussions | Are They Recoverable?

30/04/2020

XDE V NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST

Court Of Appeal Upholds Decision To Disallow £1m Additional Liabilities Following Funding Switch

24/04/2020

The Power To Set Off Costs Against Costs In A QOCS Case

12/04/2020

BXB v (1) WATCH TOWER & BIBLE TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANNIA

Failure To Engage In ADR And Indemnity Costs, Again

08/04/2020

TWO WAY COSTS ORDERS AND CPR 44.2(8)

Two Way Costs Orders And CPR 44.2(8) | Payments On Account

31/03/2020

DSN v Blackpool Football Club Ltd (Rev 1) [2020] EWHC 670 (QB)

Another Failure To Mediate And An Award Of Indemnity Costs

23/03/2020

PARVEEN, R (ON THE APPLICATION OF) V LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE

Costs In Withdrawn Judicial Review Claims

12/03/2020

Elan-Cane, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor

Costs Capping Orders And The Court’s Discretion As To Costs In Public Interest Judicial Review Proceedings

12/03/2020

CPR 3.18(b) | Is Underspend Good Reason To Depart?

05/03/2020

KENT, R (ON THE APPLICATION OF) V TEESSIDE MAGISTRATES COURT

Aarhus Convention Claims, Interested Parties And The Cost Of Legal Research

25/02/2020

SWIFT V CARPENTER [2020] EWCA CIV 165

Protective Costs Orders | The Principles

24/02/2020

AINSWORTH V STEWARTS LAW LLP

Points Of Dispute In Solicitor And Client Assessments | The Court Of Appeal Speaks

19/02/2020

FAULKNER V SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

QOCS: Setting Off Costs Against Costs

18/02/2020

Lejonvarn v Burgess & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 114

Speculative Claims, Indemnity Costs And The Effect Of An Approved Costs Budget

06/02/2020

Manchester Shipping Ltd v Balfour Shipping Ltd & Anor

Relief Granted Following Late Filing Of A Costs Budget

06/02/2020

Is The Failure To Obtain A Fee Remission A Bar To Inter Partes Recovery?

04/02/2020

Court of Appeal: Fixed Costs Do Not Apply To Appeals But QOCS Does

02/02/2020

Costs In Private Prosecutions

Costs In Private Prosecutions, London Solicitors And The “Singh” Discount

29/01/2020

ANTHONY V COLLINS [2020] EWHC B14 (COSTS)

Know Your Retainer Documentation Or Pay The Price

28/01/2020

How Relevant Is The SCCO Guide To Hourly Rates?

21/12/2019

An Interest Exclusive Part 36 Offer Is Not A Part 36 Offer

20/12/2019

The Scope Of An Appeal From Provisional Assessment

The Scope Of An Appeal From Provisional Assessment

18/12/2019

The EL/PL Protocol And The Meaning Of ‘Vulnerable Adult’ In Para 4.3(8)

09/12/2019

CPR 38.6: Discontinuance And Costs – The Legal Principles

07/12/2019

BRILLANTE VIRTUOSO

Indemnity Costs And The High Risk Of Pursuing A Weak Case

06/12/2019

CPR 36.17(4): Another Case Of Just Consequences

04/12/2019

CFA Is A Contentious Business Agreement

CFA Is A Contentious Business Agreement, High Court Rules

26/11/2019

The Just Rewards Of A Good Part 36 Offer

CPR 36.17 And The Just Rewards Of A Good Part 36 Offer

25/11/2019

Contractual Interpretation Of individual CFAs In A Multi Party Action

Contractual Interpretation Of Individual CFAs In A Multi Party Action

22/11/2019

Fixed recoverable costs

Part 36 Acceptance And Conventional (Assessed) vs Fixed Recoverable Costs

19/11/2019

Informed Consent

CPR 46.9(3) | Informed Consent In Solicitors Act Detailed Assessments

12/11/2019

Aldred v Cham [2019] EWCA Civ 1780

Court of Appeal gets tough on exceptions to fixed costs: Counsel’s fees and CPR 45.29I(2)(h)

03/11/2019

RASHID V OIL COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL MARINE FORUM [2019] EWHC 2600 (QB)

Judge declines to find exaggeration upon costs determination

24/10/2019

GLOBAL ASSETS ADVISORY SERVICES LTD & ANOR V GRANDLANE DEVELOPMENTS LTD & ORS [2019] EWCA CIV 1764

Can the court order a payment on account under CPR 44.2(8) following acceptance of a Part 36 Offer? Court of Appeal says yes.

24/10/2019

RXK v Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2751 (QB)

Applications for payments on account in long running clinical negligence matters: Don’t just ask.

21/10/2019

Exceptions to Qualified One Way Costs Shifting (QOCS)

Mixed Claims And CPR 44.16(2)(b) | Exceptions To Qualified One Way Costs Shifting (QOCS)

19/10/2019

Issues based and proportional costs orders

Issues Based And Proportional Costs Orders: When Should They Be Made?

18/10/2019

Fundamental dishonesty found on appeal by reason of material non disclosure

Fundamental dishonesty found on appeal by reason of material non disclosure

17/10/2019

Counsel’s fee recoverable as a disbursement under the provisions of Section IIIA in CPR 45

13/10/2019

MR v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 1970

High Court upholds a Claimant’s Part 36 Offer for nil damages in an action against the police

02/09/2019

Derrick Yirenki v Ministry of Defence [2019] EWHC 1955 (QB)

Part 36 And Interim Payments On Account of Costs

09/08/2019

Gilchrist v C & C Equine Services Ltd

Without Prejudice Offer: Admission Denied

05/08/2019

BLYTH & ANOR V NELSONS SOLICITORS LTD [2019] EWHC 2063 (QB)

Oral Contracts And An Appellate Court’s Approach To Findings Of Fact

31/07/2019

FULLICK & ORS v THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE FOR THE METROPOLIS [2019] EWHC 1941 (QB)

Recoverability Of Inquest Costs And Proportionality

29/07/2019

Extension of time

CPR 52.18: Applications To Set Aside Permission Or To Impose Conditions Refused

24/07/2019

TIMOKHINA v TIMOKHIN [2019] EWCA CIV 1284

Silence And Indemnity Costs In Family Proceedings

20/07/2019

West and Demouilpied: ATE Premiums, Reasonableness And Proportionality

West and Demouilpied: ATE Premiums, Reasonableness And Proportionality

17/07/2019

Admissibility (or not) of without prejudice offers on costs

Admissibility (or not) of without prejudice offers on costs

10/07/2019

Fouladi v Darout Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 1674 (Ch)

Bullock order upheld on appeal

08/07/2019

Payments on account in long running clinical negligence cases

Court of Appeal defends interim costs payments in long running clinical negligence matters

03/07/2019

STATI & ORS v THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Discontinuance, indemnity costs and payments on account

03/07/2019

JLE v Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Trust Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 1582 (QB)

High Court restores Claimant‘s ’additional amount’ under CPR 36.17(4)

24/06/2019

HORNE v PRESCOT (NO.1) LTD [2019] EWHC 1322 (QB)

Interest exclusive Part 36 Offers in detailed assessment proceedings

23/06/2019

MXX V UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE NHS TRUST [2018] EWHC B23

Costs budgeting and hourly rates: another case of miscertification

23/06/2019

Knight & Anor v Knight & Ors (Costs) [2019] EWHC 1545 (Ch)

A costs-inclusive “Part 36 Offer” is NOT a Part 36 Offer

17/06/2019

Seekings & Ors v Moores & Ors [2019] EWHC 1476 (Comm)

Defendant fails to demonstrate significant developments under PD3E s7.6 to secure budget increase

16/06/2019

HAMMOND V SIG PLC & SUBSIDIARY COMPANIE [2019] EWHC B7 (COSTS)

Fixed costs under Section III of CPR 45: is there any escape?

13/06/2019

XDE v North Middlesex University Hospital Trust [2019] EWHC 1482 (QB)

Switch to Pre LASPO CFA following discharge of funding certificate deemed unreasonable

12/06/2019

East Sussex Fire And Rescue Service v Austin [2019] EWHC 1455 (QB)

Proportionality | Money Isn’t Everything

11/06/2019

AINSWORTH v STEWARTS LAW [2019] EWCA Civ 897

Points Of dispute In Solicitor And Client Assessments | It’s In The Detail

09/06/2019

Bates & Ors v Post Office Ltd [2019] EWHC 1373 (QB)

Group litigation: a determination of costs related to common issues

09/06/2019

Malmsten v Bohinc [2019] EWHC 1386 (Ch)

Proportionality: a view from the High Court

08/06/2019

white-anor-v-wincott-galliford-ltd

CPR 36.17(4) | 10% ‘Additional Amount’ Denied Following Successful Part 36 Offer On Hourly Rates

03/06/2019

HOWARD KENNEDY LLP v SPARTAFIELD LIMITED [2019] EWHC 1218 (Ch)

The relevance of costs estimates where no reliance is shown

16/05/2019

Mussell & Anor v Patience & Anor [2019] EWHC 1231 (Ch)

A short judgment looking at trust and estate costs principles

15/05/2019

INVISTA v BOTES AND OTHERS [2019] EWHC 1086 (Ch)

CPR 36.17(4) And The Sometimes ‘Unjust’ Consequences Of Part 36

14/05/2019

CALONNE CONSTRUCTION LTD v DAWNUS SOUTHERN LTD [2019] EWCA CIV 754

Court of Appeal upholds validity of Part 36 Offer

06/05/2019

Ferri v Gill [2019] EWHC 952 (QB) (17 April 2019)

Master wrong to set a “low bar” to escaping fixed costs

18/04/2019

BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST v HILRIE ROSE SALMON (On appeal, County Court at Central London)

HHJ Dight upholds Master’s proportionality finding

08/04/2019

Khandanpour v Chambers [2019] EWCA Civ 570

Relief from sanctions granted where deadline missed by “a few hours”

06/04/2019

100% success fee model in low value personal injury claims shut down by Court of Appeal

04/04/2019

BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST v HILRIE ROSE SALMON

CPR 3.18(b): Good Reason To Depart?

28/03/2019

payments on account in clinical negligence cases

Payments on account in long running clinical negligence cases

21/03/2019

Pyrrhic victory

You recovered 2% of your claim. Did you win?

15/03/2019

CPR 44.11: Misconduct in detailed assessment proceedings

10/03/2019

Solicitors entitled to enforce costs incurred under a CFA against client who rejected their advice

09/03/2019

Claiming costs in one action as damages in another

07/03/2019

Allegations of misconduct and the court’s powers under CPR 44.11

26/01/2019

Interim Payments In Solicitors Act Detailed Assessments

Interim Payments In Solicitors Act Detailed Assessments

24/01/2019

costs budgeting and hourly rates

Costs budgeting, hourly rates and appropriate use of partner time

23/01/2019

get your order right

Get Your Order Right!

10/01/2019

Assessing the risk in a liability admitted case

23/12/2018

Master declines to award 10% ‘additional amount’ under CPR 36.17(4) on grounds of proportionality

22/12/2018

budget increase

Increase in costs budget approved following a ‘significant development’ in the litigation

21/12/2018

late filing of a costs budget

No Excuses: Relief from sanctions refused following late filing of a costs budget

08/12/2018

MR KIERAN VERTANNES -v- UNITED LINCOLNISHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Claimant directed to redraw £950k bill of costs in phases in compliance with CPR 47 PD 5.8(8)

05/12/2018

High Court deals knock out blow to appeal brought on grounds of an alleged invalid assignment of two CFAs

04/12/2018

interim statute bill

Slade v Boodia & Boodia overturned in the Court of Appeal

28/11/2018

QB Master wrong to approve specific number of hours in a costs budget subject to hourly rates

27/11/2018

The potential consequence of a withdrawn Part 36 Offer

21/11/2018

The correct approach to costs when a properly made bankruptcy order is later rescinded

18/11/2018

contentious business agreement

An agreement to pay a fixed sum in relation to work already done was not a contentious business agreement

17/11/2018

Claimants who recovered just 2% of their pleaded claim ordered to pay 50% of the Defendants’ costs

17/11/2018

QOCS protection does not extend to an unsuccessful counterclaimant’s defence in a personal injury claim

15/11/2018

interim payment

No power to order a payment on account of costs following acceptance of a Part 36 Offer

15/11/2018

high court of justice

Can a party issue proceedings simply to recover costs?

03/11/2018

Interim sum on account of costs ordered as a pre-condition to continuing proceedings

03/11/2018

termination of retainer

The consequences of failing to give reasonable notice of an intention to terminate your retainer

01/11/2018

The duty of candour and an award of indemnity costs on judicial review

29/10/2018

First-tier Tribunal

Unreasonable conduct and costs in the First-tier Tribunal

23/10/2018

Indemnity Basis Costs Following Discontinuance

18/10/2018

When is a costs budget not a costs budget?

17/10/2018

security for costs

Security For Costs Ordered On Basis Of Likely Indemnity Costs Award In The Event Of Failure At Trial

11/10/2018

An application of ‘special circumstances’ under s70(10) Solicitors Act 1974

07/10/2018

File ownership and the powers of the court for delivery up under s68 and/or its inherent jurisdiction

06/10/2018

interim payment

CPR 44.2(8) | No Restriction To Ordering A Payment On Account After The Order For Costs Has Been Made

04/10/2018

Increase in value of claim not a significant development under s7.6 PD3E

03/10/2018

s68(2) Solicitors Act 1974

Master Leonard decides an application for delivery of a bill under s68(2) in a fixed costs RTA case

02/10/2018

Inaccurate Estimates Of Costs And Special Circumstances Under s70(3)

01/10/2018

significant developments

Costs Budgeting | Significant Developments

30/09/2018

issue-based costs order

An approach to costs where a claimant has “overwhelmingly” succeeded at trial but lost on some issues

30/09/2018

proportionality

Circuit Judge upholds £40,000 reduction to “reasonable” costs on grounds of proportionality

22/09/2018

Royal Courts of Justice

The Court of Appeal rejects bid to import the provisions of CPR Part 36 into Upper Tribunal Rules

14/09/2018

Inquest Costs | Recovery Where Liability Has Been Admitted

07/09/2018

Bullock Orders: an examination of the “Bullock” principles on a High Court appeal

04/09/2018

Red & White Bus Services

Proportionality in costs budgeting

01/09/2018

Pyrrhic victory

Identifying the “winner” at the end of a case must be an evaluative exercise rather than a discretionary one

30/08/2018

Inquest Costs | Police Complaints | Hourly Rates | London Solicitors | Proportionality

29/08/2018

A brief history of the indemnity principle

14/08/2018

When is a statute bill not a statute bill?

12/08/2018

Late acceptance of a claimant‘s Part 36 Offer in cases under the fixed costs regime

12/08/2018

Miscertification Of A Costs Budget, Success Fees, Hourly Rates And ‘Good Reason To Depart’

09/08/2018

better late than never

What Might Amount To “Special Circumstances” Under s70(3) Of The Solicitors Act 1974?

07/08/2018

Miscertification of a bill of costs and the court’s powers in relation to misconduct under CPR 44.11

06/08/2018

A determination of costs upon discontinuance following an alleged change of circumstances

05/08/2018

The correct approach to costs where a defendant beats its own Part 36 Offer

05/08/2018

risk assessment in personal injury cases

Calculating The Risk In Post LASPO CFA Cases

05/08/2018

right wrong depends

Is the naming of the wrong defendant in a CFA fatal to recovery of costs?

05/08/2018

late acceptance of a defendant's part 36 offer

Late acceptance of a defendant’s Part 36 Offer

05/08/2018

Can a without prejudice offer displace the one-fifth rule in a Solicitors Act assessment?

04/08/2018

Pick and Mix Sweets

The Application of QOCS in Mixed (PI and non-PI) Claims

04/08/2018

Implied retainers and “the Chorley principle” examined

02/08/2018

The Royal Courts of Justice

When is a Part 36 Offer not a Part 36 Offer?

01/08/2018

QOCS: Qualified One Way Costs Shifting in Multiple Defendant Cases

20/07/2018

Waiver of the statutory charge in cases of significant wider public interest

20/07/2018

The Importance Of Accurate Costs Estimates

16/07/2018

The consequences of exceeding a costs estimate

16/07/2018

Departures sign

A Further Examination Of ‘Good Reason To Depart’ From An Approved Costs Budget

02/05/2018

Infinity Bridge,Stockton,Cleveland,England

Payments on account of costs under CPR 44.2(8) in budgeted cases

19/04/2018

costs budgeting

Budgets, Hourly Rates, Good Reason and Proportionality

15/03/2018

The curse of the defective retainer

25/02/2018

Circuit Judge increases appellants’ recoverable costs in proportionality appeal

Circuit Judge increases appellants’ recoverable costs in proportionality appeal

01/02/2018

Assignment of CFA

Post-LASPO assignment of CFA does not extinguish a claimant’s right to recover success fee

22/12/2017

Interest on costs: Effect on final costs certificates

A Solicitors Act compliant statute bill must contain all disbursements incurred during the period to which it relates

12/11/2017

Departures sign

The court can only depart from agreed or approved budgets, up or down, if there is a “good reason” for doing so

25/07/2017

Costs Budgeting And Incurred Costs | To Comment Or Not To Comment

25/07/2017

costs budgeting

Parties warned to stop treating costs budgeting “as a form of game”

18/05/2017

costs budgeting

Costs budgeting trumps detailed assessment… to an extent

05/03/2017

Court of Appeal clarifies amount of fixed costs payable where case settles ahead of a disposal hearing

22/11/2016

SCCO approves another CFA assignment

13/09/2016

QOCS applies to appeals, High Court rules

02/06/2016

Issues-Based Costs Orders And The Powers Of A Trial Judge Under CPR Part 36

Issues-Based Costs Orders And The Powers Of A Trial Judge Under CPR Part 36

19/04/2016

costs inclusive offers

The limitations of costs inclusive offers

23/03/2016

Padlocked Pound

Security for costs and the role of court approved costs budgets

14/03/2016

Judge declines to comment on approved budget after trial

10/12/2015

Defendant’s costs budget slashed in Facebook libel dispute

22/07/2015

Contingencies in Costs Budgeting

Contingencies in Costs Budgeting

06/02/2015

interim payments

CPR 44.2(8): Payments on account of costs

09/12/2014

Fixed Costs v The Standard Basis

20/11/2013

Want of retainer and the one-fifth rule

31/10/2013

Instant reward for ‘immaculate’ budget control

28/06/2013

Coulson J declines to approve a post-trial application to almost double an approved costs budget

18/06/2013

Setting Off Costs Against Damages Recovered In A Legally Aided Case

Setting Off Costs Against Damages Recovered In A Legally Aided Case

17/06/2011

Division vs Apportionment

25/08/2010

Padlocked Pound

Section 11

20/05/2010

London Solicitors

The Reasonableness of Instructing London Solicitors

07/04/2010

preliminary issue

Costs of determining a preliminary issue

25/10/2009

Third Party Costs Order

11/10/2009

costs protection

Costs protection under s17 The Legal Aid Act 1988

01/08/2009

Costs Apportionment

11/07/2009

N252: Commencement of detailed assessment where more than one firm instructed

11/07/2009

Retrospective CFAs and Success Fees

18/06/2009

Recoverability Of Inquest Costs In A Civil Claim

05/04/2009

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