April
Articles matching "portal claims"
Costs: Court of Appeal quashes latest attempt to escape fixed costs
Simon Fisher considers the outcome of the latest attempt by claimants to escape the fixed costs regime in Ho v Adelekun (2019)
Read moreCosts: Court of Appeal judgment on recoverability of disbursements in ex-portal claims (CPR r.45 Section IIIA)
Simon Fisher examines the Court of Appeal's finding in Aldred v Cham (2019), that counsel's advice fee in a child claim was not recoverable as a disbursement in addition to the fixed costs, and that…
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Claimant limited to fixed Portal costs following failure to use MoJ Portal
Last month we reported on the Court of Appeal decision in Williams v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (2018) which gave costs guidance where a claimant failed to…
Read moreCourt of appeal costs guidance where claimant fails to use MOJ portal
William MacKenzie outlines the findings in the recent Court of Appeal decision in Williams v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2018)
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Portal Claims: A request for payment is not an invoice
A Claimant who failed to provide a triage report, treatment notes or a discharge report, despite the insurer making frequent requests for them, had their claim for treatment dismissed. Whilst the…
Read moreRTA Protocol for low value PI claims – discontinuing the process - restriction to fixed costs
This judgment concerns a claim which was proceeding under the RTA Protocol until the Claimant withdrew a Stage 2 offer to settle and issued Part 7 proceedings. The issue was whether the Claimant…
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