On the basis it would be “expensive and speculative” to produce separate costs budgets for the defended claim and the Part 20 claim, Master Dagnall decided only one budget would…
It is not unusual to incur substantial costs in the run up to CCMC after costs budgets have been submitted. Recovering these costs will be important to the receiving…
From 6th April Trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts are subject to drastic reforms . Radical features include 1. A duty to explain to a witness at the outset the proper purpose and…
There are many case authorities in relation to budgeting since the process was implemented, it is hard to keep track of them all. Here is a complete list of cases.…
MacInnes v Gross [January 2017] EWHC 127 (QB) – the court looked at payments on account, indemnity awards, departure from the budget and proportionality! Indemnity awards In the case MacInnes…
In Signia Wealth Limited -v- Marlborough Trust Company Limited [2016] EWHC 2141 the court considered whether costs budgeting was appropriate. Practical points If there is no value on the claim…
The rules state that the court will ‘record the extent to which the budgets are agreed between the parties’. Many of us have experienced the court’s refusal to approve those…
