Guideline Hourly Rates 2021 & Other Changes Impacting COP Costs
From 1st October 2021, the new Guideline Hourly Rates will come into force. This means that from this date, subject to your retainer/client care letter, you will be able to…
From 1st October 2021, the new Guideline Hourly Rates will come into force. This means that from this date, subject to your retainer/client care letter, you will be able to…
The Deputyship standards have been developed with both professional and public bodies and form an important view of the new approach to support and supervise professional and public authority Deputies.…
Following on from the very welcomed case of PLK & Ors which concerned the hourly rates that can be claimed by Deputies, today further guidance has been released by Senior…
From 20th January 2020 all professional deputies’ bills must be filed electronically. Watch for more Laura Gillin is an Associate in the Costs Department at Clarion Solicitors. You can contact…
The issue of delays in bringing applications on behalf of P within the Court of Protection was recently outlined in the case Cardiff & Vale University Health Board v P…
In order to have a bill of costs assessed, it is necessary to pay a Court Fee to the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO). Depending on the type of the…
It is well known, and often the cause of heated debate, that assisted suicide is illegal within the United Kingdom. If a person is terminally ill and wishes to die,…
CPR 47 provides that Points of Dispute and Replies should follow “as closely as possible” the format of Precedent G. CPR 47.9 allows for the paying party to raise disputes…