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…
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What role does the hourly rate play in the budget?
This continues to spark debate. The rules states that the hourly rate cannot be set (CPR 3 PD 3E, para 7.10), but further explain that the constituent elements of the…
The Hourly Rate Debate: the effect of costs management on hourly rates
There has recently been a flurry of case law in respect of the effect of costs management on hourly rates at detailed assessment. With regard to costs management, there are…
Sue Fox considers the practical effect of the Harrison budgeting decision
In the eagerly awaited decision in Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust [2017] WECA Civ 792 (seearticle, page 8), the key findings of the Court of Appeal…
The importance of the precedent H Costs Budget! Harrison on appeal – no second bite of the cherry.
Jacqueline Dawn Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust [2017] WECA Civ 792 – the Court of Appeal has found that the budgeted costs will not be departed…
“Costs budgets are now working better”………
At this years’ APIL conference it was said that “Costs budgets are now working better”……… Thanks to Gordon Exall and Rachel Rothwell for tweeting interesting and salient comments and…
Calling trumps: Sue Fox on how the court has laid its cards on the table over costs management. The interaction between costs budgeting and costs assessment – Merrix v Heart of England NHS, the appeal of the first instance ruling.
The interaction between costs budgeting and costs assessment has been considered again in Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 346 (QB) – the appeal of a first…