September
Articles matching "costs"
Make sure your Part 36 offers are valid in detailed assessment proceedings: Follow this guidance as set out by the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an offer which is made exclusive of interest cannot be a valid Part 36 offer: King v City of London Corporation [2019] EWCA Civ 2266. There have been a number of…
Read morePayments on account of costs in respect of issues not yet determined
Steven Dawson and William MacKenzie consider the implications of the judgment in HI v Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust in which the court made an order for an interim payment on account of…
Read morePart 36 consequences for beating offer by small margin in costs assessment
In JLE v Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, on appeal, the court has determined that a Master in the Senior Courts Costs Office was wrong to not allow a claimant the 10%…
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Costs: Claimant bound by settlement terms reached at stage 2 of the MoJ portal
Richard Welsh, Senior Associate in DWF's Leeds office acted for Ageas Insurance Limited in relation to a matter proceeding under the MOJ portal for low value personal injury claims, in which Ageas…
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Court 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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Claimants' costs budget is reduced by £2m in class action
Following on from a rare instance of the Court conducting the costs budgeting process by way of written submissions, the Claimants' estimated costs in a class action were reduced by over £2m after…
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Jackson gives another push towards fixed costs – now in claims worth up to £250,000
It was anticipated that more radical thoughts would emerge from Lord Justice Jackson’s latest speech last night to the Insolvency Practitioners’ Association on the subject of rolling out more fixed…
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The deafness avalanche needs a thought-out response
The size of the problem caused by the vastly increased number of noise induced hearing loss claims continues to be important to insurers. The IFoA are in the process of collecting updated information,…
Read moreShould insurers still pay success fees and ATE premiums after Coventry v Lawrence?
Is the unexpected judgment of the Supreme Court in Coventry v Lawrence (No 2) from 23rd July, saying that the pre-LASPO regime involving recovery of success fees and ATE premiums from defendants may…
Read moreNo such thing as watertight: refusal to mediate leaves Defendant sunk
In Garritt-Critchley & Ors v Ronnan & Anor (2014) the High Court criticised a Defendant’s refusal to enter into mediation, on the basis that it believed it had a watertight case and awarded the…
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