The Fate of the ‘Court Fee only Budget’ post April 2015
Lawyers live in fear of having their costs budget reduced to court fees. If a budget is reduced to court fees, the only solution to minimise the impact of this…
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Failure to Word Tomlin Order Correctly Can Result in Adverse Costs
We have often encountered difficulties when costs orders have not been termed correctly. One example is where a party failed to include the provision for costs to be assessed in the final Tomlin Order, and…
Should the Precedent H Costs Budget be filed after the Court has ordered Directions?
I completely agree with the ideology and concept that Precedent H Costs Budgets should be prepared once the order for directions has been made. This enables all parties to cost…
Is entitlement to costs automatic following discontinuance of proceedings? Rokvic -v- Peacock [2014] EWHC 3729 (TC)
In Rokvic -v- Peacock [2014] EWHC 3729 (TC) the Claimant invited the Defendant to pay the outstanding sums due whereby the Claimant would discontinue proceedings. The Claimant wrote to the Defendant and…