LASPO 8 years on …
The LASPO reforms were introduced on 1 April 2013. Sir Rupert Jackson was the author of the reforms which introduced over 100 individual reforms. In this video podcast, Dominic Regan…
Category: Litigation Costs
SGI Legal LLP v Karatysz – Informed consent irrelevant to CPR46.9(3)(c)(ii)
The decision of Mr Justice Lavender in SGI Legal LLP v Karatysz [2021] EWHC 1608 (QB) (11 June 2021) has been handed down today. The matter concerned a Solicitors Act…
Part 36 costs consequences for a late accepting Claimant – overturning the ‘normal order’ is easier said than done
Persuading the Court to depart from the default order after late acceptance of a Part 36 offer comes with a high bar, but parties can make the jump easier We…
Open meeting of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee 2021 – Costs update
The CPRC annual open meeting took place today via Teams following last year’s successful online meeting. One of the benefits of the past year’s enforced remote working has been the…
Cut your cloth, or have your bill slashed instead – even on the indemnity basis
It is an often-misconstrued point of costs law that an indemnity costs order is a magic bullet, the Astra-Zeneca or Pfizer jab of the costs world. However, as the recent…
Part 36 offers and split trials
Where a split trial has been ordered and a party has made a Part 36 offer which relates to issues that have not yet been decided, the usual order will…
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Avoiding Challenges to your Costs IV: Time Recording
Time spent time recording is time well-spent. Time recording can sometimes seem onerous, particularly when in the midst of tackling some complex and urgent legal problem. However, good time recording…