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…
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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…
Persimmon Homes Ltd v Osborne Clark LLP – A warning to act promptly when revising costs budgets
The High Court has delivered the most significant judgment since the implementation of the use Precedent T for budget revisions in October 2020, and the provisions of CPR 3.15A. The…
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…
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…