Coventry v Lawrence – The Outcome
It’s a case that everyone has being waiting for and it proved to be fairly anti-climatic in the end. For those who want to refresh their memories we wrote an…
It’s a case that everyone has being waiting for and it proved to be fairly anti-climatic in the end. For those who want to refresh their memories we wrote an…
It has been announced that the SCCO Guideline Hourly Rates (GHR) are to be frozen at the 2010 levels indefinitely after the Master of Rolls decided that the evidence required…
Whilst all eyes are on the case of Coventry v Lawrence another significant development has taken place in the case of Cox v Woodlands Manor Care Home Ltd. The full…
I’ve often found myself wanting to get into the mind of a Costs Judge and the case of Gilks -v- Hodgson [2015] EWCA Civ 5 is one such case. …
We have often encountered difficulties when costs orders have not been termed correctly. One example is where a party failed to include the provision for costs to be assessed in the final Tomlin Order, and…
If you ever needed to be convinced of the advantages of putting forward a strong early Part 36 offer then this look no further than the case of Downing –v-…
Most lawyers will likely be familiar with the unexpected judgment provided by the Supreme Court in the case of Coventry and others v Lawrence and another (No 2) [2014] UKSC…