What if your Precedent H Costs Budget has been reduced to court fees?
Will a budget which has been reduced to court fees apply if indemnity basis costs have been awarded? Where a budget is limited to court fees, it is advisable to…
Category: Costs Management
Failing to serve the Precedent H Costs Budget
Confusion has reigned regarding the filing of Costs Budgets. The rule change on 22 April 2014 has clarified the position and it is now clear that the budget does not need to…
Relief from Sanctions
The case of Antonio Caliendo & Barnaby Holdings LLC and Mishcon De Reya (A Firm) & Mishcon De Reya LLP [2014] EWHC 3414 (Ch) relates to the Court’s interpretation and…
Is entitlement to costs automatic following discontinuance of proceedings? Rokvic -v- Peacock [2014] EWHC 3729 (TC)
In Rokvic -v- Peacock [2014] EWHC 3729 (TC) the Claimant invited the Defendant to pay the outstanding sums due whereby the Claimant would discontinue proceedings. The Claimant wrote to the Defendant and…
Costs Budgeting in the Court of Protection and the Family Courts
Many areas of law have escaped the automatic Costs Budgeting regime, for instance: Fast Track cases where fixed costs do not apply; Part 8 claims; Insolvency Act claims; and Part…