DEFAULT COSTS CERTIFICATES
A receiving party can apply for a Default Cost Certificate (DCC) under CPR 47.11. DCC in my experience are uncommon as paying parties usually ensure that Points of Dispute are…
A receiving party can apply for a Default Cost Certificate (DCC) under CPR 47.11. DCC in my experience are uncommon as paying parties usually ensure that Points of Dispute are…
CPR Part 3 is being tidied up. There have been further amendments to CPR Part 3 and Practice Direction 3E, which will come into force on 6 April 2016.
The court has awarded costs against a party who has claimed unreasonable amounts in their budget. In the case of King & Anor v Thipthorp & Ors [2016] EWHC 3859…
Clarion have launched their first newsletter for January 2016, following the success of their Christmas Newsletter and the “12 Tweets of Christmas”. Please click on the link below. Clarion Costs…
“Remuneration on a time basis rewards inefficiency”- says LJ Jackson! At the IPA Annual Lecture on 28 January 2016, titled “Fixed Costs – The Time has Come”, LJ Jackson discussed…
Kimathi -v- Foreign and Commonwealth Office This is an interesting case which has an impact on both bills and budgets. There have been discussions in the past about whether witnesses could perhaps,…
Negotiations The Civil Procedure Rules Committee has amended the rules to include a new rule 3.13(2), in the event that a party files and exchanges a budget, all other parties will…
I have been preparing budgets for over 5 years, during the pilot scheme and onwards. I have prepared budgets in all areas of law and I have drafted well in…