Estimated time or pure imagination?
In Ikin -v- Shawbrook Bank Limited (2023) the judgment of Senior Costs Judge Gordon Saker looks at the issues surrounding estimated time and contains many points for litigators to take on board.…
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Update on implementation of the extension to fixed recoverable costs
This third instalment of Clarion’s mini-series on preparing for the forthcoming fixed costs reforms, looks at recently announced changes following the Civil Procedure Rule Committee meeting on 3 March 2023.…
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…
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…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v RD & Ors (2022) EWCOP 47
This case concerns P who had been diagnosed with an Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder which had resulted in two incidents of self-harm in which the inserting of a tracheostomy tube,…
Optimising Costs Management: Part 1
You can listen to the blog here 2% Budget Process Provision Once costs budgets are prepared, Precedent Rs and negotiations naturally follow. Budget discussions can lead to agreement of budgets…
Ho v Adelekun – update
The long awaited judgment in Ho v Adelekun [2021] UKSC 43 was handed down in October with the appeal being unanimously allowed. The judgment clarifies the position in respect of…
Part 36 Rewards
HOCHTIEF V ATKINS ( 2019) EWHC 3028 ( TCC) saw a claimant who bettered their Part 36 quantum offer by just £4,500 secure an uplift of £65,000 and interest at…