Costs
Keep informed and up to date with breaking news and key updates in the world of costs.
Guidance on costs management: Yeo v Times Newspapers Ltd (2015)
Two of the most common issues to arise at costs management hearings are the extent to which the court can and should consider hourly rates, and whether contingencies are justified, necessary or…
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Success fee reduced from 100% to 30% in DWF catastrophic injury claim
The High Court has recently had to assess the appropriate success fee in a DWF catastrophic injury case where liability was admitted but there were complex arguments on causation. Sarah Mir who was…
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What amounts to unreasonable behaviour in the Small Claims track
In anticipation that there will be an increase in “self-lawyering” and with the coalition government stating that “extending the Small Claims track would be beneficial”, Advocate, Nick Thornsby takes…
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Non-Party Costs Orders
In this case the Court of Appeal considered whether the High Court Master was correct in his decision not to make a non-party costs order against the respondent solicitor. The Court of Appeal held…
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Should 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…
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Government looks to extend 'fundamental dishonesty'
The Government’s proposals to require courts to dismiss claims for personal injury in the event of a finding of “fundamental dishonesty” recently moved one step closer to becoming law. What has now…
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How do we now get some progress on hourly rates paid to claimants?
Yesterday saw the result of the year-long process of reviewing the emotive subject of what hourly rates should be paid to successful litigants and their lawyers in cases to which fixed costs do not…
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Civil Procedure Rules: 69th and 70th updates
Three updates to the CPR have been published this month and will come into effect in April:
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Civil justice, costs reforms and Jackson update
In Rattan v UBS AG London Branch (2014) the Claimant agreed with the Defendant that they would exchange costs budgets by 28 February. Having then filed their budget on 27 February, the Claimant…
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Review of the Jackson/LASPO changes from Friday's CJC conference
On Friday the Civil Justice Council hosted the most significant debate yet on where we now stood upon implementation of the Jackson/LASPO changes 12 months on. The conference also showed where plans…
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