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…
Category: Costs Management
Annual open meeting of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee – 13 May 2022 – Costs update
The CPRC annual open meeting took place today via Teams in keeping with the format of the previous two years. The meeting was opened by the Master of the Rolls,…
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…
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.…
Falling short when advising client of ‘shortfall’
The importance of clear client communication on costs budgets has again come to the fore, this time in the context of solicitor-own client costs. When a case is subject to…
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…
Budget revisions and Precedent T in light of the decision in Persimmon Homes v Osborne Clark
Professor Dominic Regan and Daniel Murray, Associate in the Costs and Litigation Funding team at Clarion, discuss the case of Persimmon Homes v Osborne Clark, the implications, and guidance and…