Default costs certificate overturned due to multiple errors in service
The case of Gregor Fisken Ltd v Carl [2021] EWHC B9 (Costs), is an example of the court setting aside a default costs certificate where the claimant was not entitled to it…
Fixed costs when the claimant dies, which section of CPR 45 applies?
The Court of Appeal has delivered an important ruling in the case of West v Burton [2021] WLR(D)379], on which provisions of CPR 45 apply where the claimant dies throughout the course…
Will COP hearings continue remotely in a post-Covid world?
Following the announcement on the 10 June 2021 from the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, a two-week rapid consultation on remote, hybrid and in-person hearings within the…
Legal costs: Procedural Errors and Delay
Andrew McAulay and Dominic Regan consider some recent cases and issues which arise from procedural defects and delay. Cases discussed in this video are: Masten v London Britannia Hotel Ltd…
The application of Cost Budgeting in Asbestos claims, a convention not easily disapplied
Further guidance has been given by the Asbestos Masters in the High Court as to the conventions regarding Cost Budgeting in mesothelioma and other asbestos disease cases. The extempore judgment…
Can a non-solicitor Deputy charge solicitor fees?
In the recent case of Riddle v Public Guardian [2021] EWCOP 38, an application was made for Permission to Appeal from two judgments of HHJ Hilder, dated 11 August 2020…
Deductions from damages – what is said and not what is approved by the client
Professor Dominic Regan and Joanne Chase, senior associate at Clarion, take a look at the recent solicitor own client decision of Karatysz v SGI Legal LLP and the basis on…
CPR Committee seeks feedback on the Summary Assessment of Costs Pilot (PD51X)
The summary assessment of costs pilot began in April 2019 and introduced the N260A for interim applications and N260B for trial. The pilot, which was originally to run to April…