Philpott – Is it reasonable to claim for updating accounts ledgers?
It is common knowledge that the SCCO refer to certain case law when assessing Bills of Costs in Court of Protection matters. Although the Costs Officers assess your incurred costs…
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PROPORTIONALITY CONTINUES TO GET TOUGHER
The case of May & May -v- Wavell Group & Dr Bizarri [2016] is a another case which demonstrates the power of CPR 44.3(2) – ‘the Jackson test of proportionality’. …
How Valuable is the Protected Party’s Estate?
The proportionality test is being applied to Court of Protection matters. In our experience the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO) are adopting a harsher stance on assessment and in light…
The Future of Guideline Hourly Rates and the Extension of Fixed Fees
It has been announced that the SCCO Guideline Hourly Rates (GHR) are to be frozen at the 2010 levels indefinitely after the Master of Rolls decided that the evidence required…
The Perfect Court of Protection Lawyer – Help You Help Yourself
As a result of the SCCO Guideline Hourly Rates, some lawyers find it frustrating that they can only recover limited costs, as opposed to other fields of law, whereby they…