The Costs Management Practice Direction has changed!
With effect from the 1 December 2022 ‘Practice Direction 3E – Costs Management’ has been renumbered to ‘3D’ as per the 152nd Update – Practice Direction Amendments. The contents of…
Author: Anna Lockyer
A win, but hardly a windfall
The Belsner v Cam Legal Services Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 1387 appeal has been allowed in favour of the Solicitors.
Optimising Costs Management: Part 1
You can listen to the blog here 2% Budget Process Provision Once costs budgets are prepared, Precedent Rs and negotiations naturally follow. Budget discussions can lead to agreement of budgets…
High Court swapped budgets for estimates
In Collins and Others v Ticketmaster UK Ltd v Inbenta Technologies Ltd [2022] Costs LR 123 costs estimates were ordered in place of costs budgets consequential to an application made…
Capturing costs between budget and CCMC: practical guidance
It is not unusual to incur substantial costs in the run up to CCMC after costs budgets have been submitted. Recovering these costs will be important to the receiving…
Solicitor able to indemnify client?
Can a solicitor acting for an impecunious client offer indemnity for adverse costs when ATE insurance is unobtainable? Master Rowley rejected the Defendant’s argument that such an agreement was champertous…
Uplifted Guideline Hourly Rates in Commercial Litigation
Nothing above London 1 guideline hourly rates should be charged to the paying party in the absence of “clear and compelling justification” was the message from LJ Males in his…
Commercial Litigation Costs: disapplying budgeting when the £10m claim value threshold is disputed
Section D2.2 of the 11th edition of the Commercial Court Guide (2022) sets out how parties should approach costs budgeting where there is disagreement over whether costs management is applicable.…