Changes to the Deputy Standards 2023
There has been an update to the existing Property & Finance and Health & Welfare Deputy Standards (‘Standards’), which will come into effect from mid-February 2023. The single set of…
Uplifted Guideline Hourly Rates from 1 January 2024
It has today been published that the Master of the Rolls has accepted the recommendations of the Civil Justice Council Costs Review, which was published in May 2023. The 2021…
Understanding the E-bill once assessed
At Clarion, we prepare over 2500 Court of Protection bills of costs each year to be assessed by the Senior Court Costs Office. We also review the bills once they…
Changes expected to Guideline Hourly Rates in 2024
The Master of the Rolls has confirmed that guideline hourly rates will increase from 1 January 2024 as part of wider costs reforms, announced today at the Civil Justice Council’s…
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust v KT & Ors [2023] EWCOP 46
This recent case involves an application made by the NHS Trust seeking a declaration that it was lawful for KT, who suffers from severe brain damage following a large left-parietal…
Court fee consultation – have your say!
The Ministry of Justice have recently published an open consultation regarding the proposed implementing of increases to various court and tribunal fees, citing factors such as the rise in the…
Kenton v Slee Blackwell [2023] EWHC 2613 (SCCO)
Senior Costs Judge Gordon-Saker found that providing a ‘hopelessly inaccurate estimate’ and an inadequate risk assessment regarding a success fee will result in the claim for costs against the client…
Diag Human SE v Volterra Fietta [2023] EWCA Civ 1107
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Diag Human SE v Volterra Fietta [2023] EWCA Civ 1107, upheld the Senior Courts Costs Office and High Court rulings that solicitors who had entered into an unenforceable discounted…
Proposals for change to Practice Direction on Interim Remedies and Security for Costs
Introduction At present, the Civil Procedure Rule Part 25 has two Practice Directions: Practice Direction 25A and Practice Direction 25B. The Civil Procedure Rule Committee confirmed within their most recently…