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Secondary Victim Claims Costs: Case Study
Secondary Victim Claims Costs Award: Case Study ARC Costs were recently instructed to assist in the recovery of legal costs incurred in a case which involved three secondary victims of a clinical negligence case. We were successful in recovering 70-78%...
Counsel Fee Dispute for Attendance Following Consent to Vacate
Counsel Fee Dispute for Attendance at Court Following Consent to Vacate in Fixed Costs Counsel Fee Dispute Overview ARC Costs were instructed to assist on a case in which the Paying Party failed to make an offer to pay for counsel fees, which totalled to...
Translation Fees Recoverable in Fixed Costs Cases
Translation Fees Recoverable in Fixed Costs Cases Santiago v MIB [2023] EWCA Civ 838 Santiago v MIB The Court of Appeal recently determined that interpreter and translation fees are recoverable in the handing down of their judgment in Santiago v MIB [2023] EWCA Civ...
CPR 3.15A: Doubling of Agreed Budget Not Justified
CPR 3.15A: Doubling of Agreed Budget Not Justified In the recent case of Simpsons (Preston) Ltd & Anor v MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd [2023] EWHC 1370 (Comm), the High Court ruled that an increase in the scope of disclosure was not a justifiable development to...
Legal Aid Costs Recovery: Unlawful Detention Case Study
Legal Aid Costs Recovery: Unlawful Detention Case Study ARC Costs recently assisted in the recovery of costs inter-partes, in a Legal Aid Agency funded case for an unlawful detention case. The full costs of the case amounted to £34,546.31. Facts of the...
CPR 45.29J Escaping Fixed Costs in Exceptional Circumstances
CPR 45.29J Escaping Fixed Costs in Exceptional Circumstances ARC Costs recently assisted in a fixed costs claim in which fixed costs were offered by the Defendant in the sum of £16,034.80. ARC Costs were instructed by the Claimant Solicitors to argue that fixed costs...