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Costs Budgets and Indemnity Costs: Xtellus Capital Partners Inc v DL Invest Group PM SA
Costs Budgets and Indemnity Costs: Xtellus Capital Partners Inc v DL Invest Group PM SASummary: The interaction between costs budgets and indemnity costs can be unclear in practice. Xtellus Capital Partners Inc v DL Invest Group PM SA [2025] Costs LR 1593 clarifies...
The Recoverability of Inter-Fee Earner Discussions
The Recoverability of Inter-Fee Earner Discussions Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) (16 September 2025)Summary: The decision in Mazur has had a wide-ranging impact on the legal landscape, and made it critical that a regulated...
Reasonable Use of Kings Counsel: Case Study
Reasonable Use of King's Council: Case StudySummary: Even in moderately valued matters, there can be reasonable use of King's Counsel if the case circumstances warrant it, and if the proportionality factors in CPR 44.3(5) and Juby and others v London Fire and Civil...
Anti-Social Behaviour Costs Orders Case Study
Anti-Social Behaviour Costs Orders Case StudyWhat are Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)? Anti-social behaviour remains a persistent issue in communities across England and Wales. This behaviour often leads to legal proceedings where the rights of both the public...
Judges Slash Claimant Costs Budgets in Dieselgate Litigation
Judges Slash Claimant Costs Budgets in Dieselgate LitigationSenior judges have delivered another sharp reduction in claimant costs at a recent Costs and Case Management Conference in the long-running “Dieselgate” litigation, after rejecting a proposal in the costs...
Proportionality, PoDs and London 2 Rates in Stockler v The Royal Albert Hall
Proportionality, PoDs and London 2 Rates in Stockler v The Royal Albert Hall On 5th September 2025, Deputy Costs Judge Joseph handed down his reserved judgment in the ongoing detailed assessment between William and Alexander Stockler and the Corporation of the...