In the case of Jamadar -v- Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Trust CA 21/07/2016, the Claimant failed to file a costs budget and their budget was limited to court fees. The Defendant…
The case of May & May -v- Wavell Group & Dr Bizarri [2016] is a another case which demonstrates the power of CPR 44.3(2) – ‘the Jackson test of proportionality’. …
The cases of Sutherland v Khan and Summers v Bundy look at the way fixed costs interacts with the CPR 36 regime.
The case of BNM and MGN Limited is one of the first cases to really demonstrate the power of CPR 44.3 (2) (‘Jackson test of proportionality’), which states: Where the…
The budget can be used in certain instances to assist with the litigation. A request for a split trial is one of those instances. The fundamental argument surrounding whether there…
Budgets can only be revised if there has been a ‘significant development in the litigation’. Unfortunately the CPR is devoid of any comment or explanation regarding what a ‘significant development…
The case of Evans -v- Enterprise Group Holdings is an interesting and useful case to read in the context of ‘Bailey’ and costs claimed under a CFA post 1 November 2015. Be…
Further to my previous blog on this point Forthcoming Changes I can confirm that the changes to the CPR made in the 83rd update only apply to cases commenced after 6 April 2016,…
