Costs of attending pre-inquest review can be recoverable
The judgment of Costs Judge James Briley & Ors v Leicester Partnership NHS Trust & Ors [2023] EWHC 1470 (SCCO) provides further insight into the recoverability of costs associated with…
Author: Bethany Collings
Days Healthcare Orders and the powers of the Court post April 2013
Please see below for a recent article about a case Andrew McAulay has been involved in. https://www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk/journal-hub/Weve-got-the-power Andrew is the Head of the Costs and Litigation Team at Clarion. If…
Statements of Costs for Summary Assessment – Recent Developments
Today, I presented at our annual commercial litigation webinar on the topic of Statements of Costs for Summary Assessment, where I covered the following: What is a summary assessment?; A…
Reserved Judgments and timing of applications for costs
The recent case of Preston v Beaumont [2022] EWHC 440 (Ch), is an example of the court adopting a strict approach to the mandatory requirements of a practice direction. In this case…
Proposed increases to court fees to proceed
Court and Tribunal Fees – The Government response to the consultation on ‘Increasing selected court fees and Help with Fees income thresholds by inflation’ Following a consultation process, the Government…
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Footballers’ wives and their extraordinary budgets
In the much-publicised libel claim of Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney, each party was required to file a costs budget that detailed the costs incurred to date and the amount…
90% Payment on Account where there is a costs budget “Still the Norm”
Earlier this week, following the judgement in Puharic v Silverbond Enterprises Ltd [2021] the High Court confirmed that a 90% payment on account of costs was a reasonable sum for…