“Please, sir, I want some more” –The court’s power to revise costs budgets upwards 15 July 2019 Conor-Kennedy case report, costs, cpr (0) In Seekings v Moores [2019] EWHC 1476 (Comm) (May 2019), the Defendant sought to revise his costs bu [More]
Costs Set Off in QOCS cases 04 July 2019 Roderick-Abbott costs, cpr, General, procedure (0) Consider the following, not unusual, scenario. In a case subject to QOCS, a defendant makes an early [More]
Disapplication of QOCS: Is failure to pay the trial fee sufficient? 26 March 2019 Dominique-Smith case report, costs, courts, cpr, judges, litigant in person, personal injury, self represented litigant, Strike Out, travel (0) QOCS, otherwise known as Qualified One-way Costs Shifting, leaves defendants out of pocket when defe [More]
DISCOUNT RATE KLAXON - REVIEW DUE IN AUGUST 2019 20 March 2019 Francesca-ONeill clinical negligence, conditional fee agreements, costs, cpr, Damages, damages based agreements (0) The Lord Chancellor will announce later today that the first review of the personal injury discount [More]
Part 36 v Part 45 – Which is winning Round 2? 10 November 2017 Ella-Davis case report, costs, cpr (0) The cost consequences on judgment of a Claimant beating a Part 36 offer in a fixed recoverable cost [More]
Does ‘fundamental dishonesty’ need to be explicitly pleaded and/or put to a claimant in cross-examination? 02 November 2017 Max-Wilson costs, cpr, evidence, personal injury (0) These questions have been answered in the recent Court of Appeal decision, Lorna Howlett & Justi [More]
Costs Consequences of Late Acceptance of Part 36 Offers: recent guidance from the Court of Appeal 26 July 2017 Thomas-Crockett case report, costs, General, LP Part 36, procedure (0) It is a common issue: an early Part 36 Offer is made in a case prior to the claimant party being in [More]
Costs consequences of refusing to engage with ADR proposals are not automatic 25 May 2017 Thomas-Crockett case report, costs, General, LP Costs (0) The Court of Appeal in a judgment published yesterday declined to hold that a successful party to a [More]
What is “unreasonable behaviour” for the purposes of Small Claims Track Costs? 19 April 2017 Thomas-Crockett case report, costs, courts, cpr, General, LP Costs, LP Procedure (0) If the most recently mooted Government reforms as to the financial limit of the Small Claims Track o [More]
Whiplash injuries: a tale of two systems 25 February 2017 Ian-Miller access to justice, costs, Damages, employers liability, healthcare, insurance, legislation, litigant in person, personal injury, politics, quantum, road traffic accidents, whiplash (0) In October 2013 the government published its response to a “Consultation on arrangements conce [More]