Voluntary capped costs pilot scheme in the Business Courts
Following on from my blog and newsletter (see below) over a year and half ago, it has now been announced that the capped costs pilot scheme will go live in January 2019…
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Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 346 (QB) – On appeal, Mrs Justice Carr confirms that the good reason test to depart from a budget relates to both downward and upward departures.
Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 346 (QB) – On appeal, Mrs Justice Carr confirms that the good reason test to depart from a budget relates…
PROPORTIONALITY HITS FAMILY LAW
I have previously posted blogs on the topic of proportionality (Who needs fixed costs! and Proportionality continues to get tougher) and made the comment that it would be interesting to…
Costs Budgeting – claims over £10m
In Signia Wealth Limited -v- Marlborough Trust Company Limited [2016] EWHC 2141 the court considered whether costs budgeting was appropriate. Practical points If there is no value on the claim…
FIXED COSTS – THE PROS AND THE CONS
I recently held a seminar at my offices on the issue of fixed costs. The seminar was in conjunction with the Leeds Law Society and Kings Chambers. The format of…
“Remuneration on a time basis rewards inefficiency”- says LJ Jackson!
“Remuneration on a time basis rewards inefficiency”- says LJ Jackson! At the IPA Annual Lecture on 28 January 2016, titled “Fixed Costs – The Time has Come”, LJ Jackson discussed…
Will Court of Protection bills be affected by the changes?
At the Civil Procedure Rules Committee meeting the question was asked of the Hutton Committee (the committee which LJ Jackson tasked with devising a new bill of costs): What about…
Should the courts be able to interfere with Costs Budgets which have been agreed between the parties?
The rules state that the court will ‘record the extent to which the budgets are agreed between the parties’. Many of us have experienced the court’s refusal to approve those…