Proposed increases to court fees to proceed
Court and Tribunal Fees – The Government response to the consultation on ‘Increasing selected court fees and Help with Fees income thresholds by inflation’ Following a consultation process, the Government…
Tag: Costs Management
Persimmon Homes Ltd v Osborne Clark LLP – A warning to act promptly when revising costs budgets
The High Court has delivered the most significant judgment since the implementation of the use Precedent T for budget revisions in October 2020, and the provisions of CPR 3.15A. The…
Late costs budget? Not all lost…
The sanction imposed for failing to file a costs budget when required applied to future costs only in the recent appeal case of Hardy v Skeels (04.03.21, County Court at Stoke). The…
Footballers’ wives and their extraordinary budgets
In the much-publicised libel claim of Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney, each party was required to file a costs budget that detailed the costs incurred to date and the amount…
Reform to Trial Witness Statements in the Business and Property Courts
New duties and obligations will be placed on commercial litigators from the 6 April 2021 – Anna Lockyer and Professor Dominic Regan discuss the key features of these changes, their…
Changes to Trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts from 6th April
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…
The Precedent T; a new Costs Management precedent, watch this space!
The CPRC have released minutes of their latest meeting. The committee has provided further information regarding the proposals and options relating to revisions to CPR r3.15 and PD 3E, please…
Costs Budgeting following the 109th CPR update
The 109th update has clarified what falls within “incurred” costs, and made some changes to the guidance regarding which phase costs fall into. Watch the video for details and tips for the period between the drafting of the budget and the date of the CCMC.