Late costs budget? Not all lost…
The sanction imposed for failing to file a costs budget when required applied to future costs only in the recent appeal case of Hardy v Skeels (04.03.21, County Court at Stoke). The…
Category: Costs Management
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…
Reform to Trial Witness Statements in the Business and Property Courts
New duties and obligations will be placed on commercial litigators from the 6 April 2021 – Anna Lockyer and Professor Dominic Regan discuss the key features of these changes, their…
Changes to Trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts from 6th April
From 6th April Trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts are subject to drastic reforms . Radical features include 1. A duty to explain to a witness at the outset the proper purpose and…
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…
What lies ahead in 2021 for Civil Procedure, Funding and Legal Costs?
Professor Dominic Regan and Andrew McAulay, Partner and Head of the Costs and Litigation Funding team at Clarion, discuss what might be in store this year for Civil Procedure, Funding…
More changes are coming to costs in the latest amendments to the CPR – Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021
More changes are coming to costs in the latest amendments to the CPR – Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021, which comes into force on 6 April 2021, and the 127th…