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…
Category: Costs Management
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…
Penalty for failing to serve a costs budget is variable
The sanction for failing to file a costs budget is clear under CPR 3.14; court fees only, unless the court otherwise orders. The CPR is silent however on the penalty…