Default costs certificate overturned due to multiple errors in service
The case of Gregor Fisken Ltd v Carl [2021] EWHC B9 (Costs), is an example of the court setting aside a default costs certificate where the claimant was not entitled to it…
Category: Litigation Costs
Fixed costs when the claimant dies, which section of CPR 45 applies?
The Court of Appeal has delivered an important ruling in the case of West v Burton [2021] WLR(D)379], on which provisions of CPR 45 apply where the claimant dies throughout the course…
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…
Deductions from damages – what is said and not what is approved by the client
Professor Dominic Regan and Joanne Chase, senior associate at Clarion, take a look at the recent solicitor own client decision of Karatysz v SGI Legal LLP and the basis on…
CPR Committee seeks feedback on the Summary Assessment of Costs Pilot (PD51X)
The summary assessment of costs pilot began in April 2019 and introduced the N260A for interim applications and N260B for trial. The pilot, which was originally to run to April…
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…
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…