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Guideline Hourly Rates 2023: New Rates from October 2021 2010 Guideline Hourly Rates The current Guideline Hourly Rates (GHR) were last set in 2010 and have been in force since then. It has often been argued in the interim years, via common law decisions, that these...

Small Claims Costs in the Court of Appeal The intersection of the SCT regime and the explosion of PPI claims Small Claims Costs: CPR 27 Civil Procedure Rule 27 and Practice Direction 27A outline the key guiding principles for Small Claims Track allocated matters in...

CPR 36.17(4) : Gilham v MGN Ltd and Another Indemnity Costs and Part 36 Principles in Defamation Act Cases In Gilham v MGN Ltd and Another [2021] Costs LR 371, the High Court of Justice considered the issue of a Claimant's entitlement to costs following the acceptance...