Fixed Recoverable Costs – the pilot scheme
Following on from my newsletter below, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee meeting notes have been published today. Last month I explained how Jackson LJ had suggested how ‘capped fixed costs’…
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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…
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’. …
Part 36 – two recent and interesting cases
The cases of Sutherland v Khan and Summers v Bundy look at the way fixed costs interacts with the CPR 36 regime.
The Fate of the ‘Court Fee only Budget’ post April 2015
Lawyers live in fear of having their costs budget reduced to court fees. If a budget is reduced to court fees, the only solution to minimise the impact of this…
Failure to Word Tomlin Order Correctly Can Result in Adverse Costs
We have often encountered difficulties when costs orders have not been termed correctly. One example is where a party failed to include the provision for costs to be assessed in the final Tomlin Order, and…
What if your Precedent H Costs Budget has been reduced to court fees?
Will a budget which has been reduced to court fees apply if indemnity basis costs have been awarded? Where a budget is limited to court fees, it is advisable to…