Senior Court Costs Office Guide 2023: What has changed?
The Senior Court Costs Office Guide 2023 (the ‘Guide’) has now been released and can be found here. Although this guide is meant for proceedings in the Senior Court Costs…
Tag: Detailed Assessment
Hourly rates: is a detailed assessment more beneficial to a receiving party than summary assessment?
In Harlow District Council v Powerrapid Limited [2023]EWHC 586 (KB), the Council (‘Appellant’) made a Compulsory Purchase Order (‘CPO’) in respect of land owned in Harlow by Powerrapid (‘Respondent’). The…
Who can sign a Bill or Statement of Costs?
A Bill or Statement of Costs must be signed. This requirement is contained at CPR 47 PD 5.21 in the case of a bill, or CPR 44 PD 9.5(3) for…
CostsCast 11/08/2020:
In our latest podcast Andrew McAulay and Matthew Rose discuss some recent developments relating to recoverability of VAT and loan interest, inaccurate bills, Counsels fees in fixed costs cases and…
KKL Executor & Trustee Company Ltd v Harrison (2020) – Is it cynical for a professional Deputy to expect to be paid?
The short answer is no. The above case concerned an elderly woman (OT, the Protected Party) in Leeds who lacks capacity to deal with her property and financial affairs. KKL…
Court holds that an application under CPR 44.11 to reduce a party’s costs on the basis of misconduct is not a vehicle to give paying parties a “second bite of the cherry”
In Paul Andrews & Anor -v- Retro Computers Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC B2 (Costs), Master Friston held that an application that the receiving party’s costs should be reduced or disallowed…
Good news for those that prepare an accurate costs budget
Following on from the Court of Appeal decision in Jacqueline Dawn Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust [2017] WECA Civ 792 where the Court of Appeal found…
Are you J Code ready?
The J-Codes are a set of electronic codes proposed by Jackson LJ, where time is recorded in phase, task and activity. These codes were first published in July 2014 and…