Annual open meeting of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee – 13 May 2022 – Costs update
The CPRC annual open meeting took place today via Teams in keeping with the format of the previous two years. The meeting was opened by the Master of the Rolls,…
Category: Litigation Costs
Relief from sanctions granted despite 6-year delay in giving notice of funding
Prior to 1 April 2013, a party wishing to recover an additional liability from a paying party was required to comply with paragraph 9.3 of the practice direction on pre-action…
Court of Appeal confirms a Bill of Costs can be struck out if it fails to provide adequate fee earner information
In AKC -v- Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2607 (QB) the Court of Appeal confirmed that a High Court judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, had acted…
Consultations open in respect of QOCS and Vulnerable Parties
Following the fixed costs consultation published in September 2021, two further consultations have now opened in respect of provisions for vulnerable parties and the QOCS issues arising from Ho v…
Solicitor able to indemnify client?
Can a solicitor acting for an impecunious client offer indemnity for adverse costs when ATE insurance is unobtainable? Master Rowley rejected the Defendant’s argument that such an agreement was champertous…
CPRC Costs Sub-Committee provides update on fixed costs
The minutes of the CPRC’s March 2022 meeting were published today and can be found here. The Costs sub-Committee confirmed that work has commenced in respect of the extended fixed…
Guidance given in failed claim for shortfall
Before the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ended recoverable additional liabilities in most personal injury claims, it was commonplace for Claimant Solicitors to…
Uplifted Guideline Hourly Rates in Commercial Litigation
Nothing above London 1 guideline hourly rates should be charged to the paying party in the absence of “clear and compelling justification” was the message from LJ Males in his…