Circumventing QOCS via a non-party cost order
Introduction The case of PME v The Scout Association and Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP [2023] EWHC 158 (SCCO) dealt with issues related to enforcing adverse costs through a non-party costs order…
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Sunderland City Council v Macpherson (2023) EWCOP 3
The case of Sunderland City Council v Macpherson (2023) EWCOP 3 concerned the various orders which prevented FP’s mother from filming her and posting it on social media, as she…
Preparing for Fixed Costs reforms: Part 2
In the second part of Clarion’s mini-series aimed at helping litigators prepare for the upcoming fixed costs reforms, we look at some interesting developments since the first part of the…
High Court resists approving budgets at CCMC; agreed figures neither reasonable nor proportionate
In the case of Lemos and Ors -v- Church Bay Trust Company Ltd and Ors [2023] EWHC 157 (Ch) Judge Jones did not accept that budgets were reasonable and proportionate,…
Did P have capacity to make decisions surrounding his residence, care, sexual relations and access to social media given his diagnosis?
The case of DY & A council & A NHS Trust [2022] EWCOP 51 concerned whether DY had capacity to make decisions surrounding his care and support arrangements, given the…
Important Changes to the Qualified One Way Costs Shifting (QOCS) Rules
Introduction Qualified One-Way Cost Shifting (QOCS) is a legal rule in the UK that was introduced in 2013 to limit the liability of a claimant for the defendant’s costs in…
Changes to the Deputy Standards 2023
There has been an update to the existing Property & Finance and Health & Welfare Deputy Standards (‘Standards’), which will come into effect from mid-February 2023. The single set of…
Days Healthcare Orders and the powers of the Court post April 2013
Please see below for a recent article about a case Andrew McAulay has been involved in. https://www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk/journal-hub/Weve-got-the-power Andrew is the Head of the Costs and Litigation Team at Clarion. If…