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Practice Direction 57AC: Indemnity Costs for Non Compliance
Practice Direction 57AC: Indemnity Costs for Non Compliance Practice Direction 57AC PD 57AC came into force in April 2021 in relation to trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts and applies to new and existing cases where trial...
Fixed Recoverable Costs Review Required for Stagnant Costs
Fixed Recoverable Costs Review Required for Stagnant Costs 2013 Fixed Recoverable Costs Claimant solicitors and representatives are calling for a review on fixed costs which have remained stagnant since 2013. This has become a particular point of...
Standard Basis Costs: ‘Contracting Out’ of Fixed Costs
Standard Basis Costs: ‘Contracting Out’ of Fixed Costs Doyle v M&D Foundations and Building Services Ltd [2022] What are Standard Basis Costs? CPR 44.3 governs the bases of assessment, with standard basis costs being one of two approaches, the other...
Late Service of Amended Points of Dispute: Celtic Bioenergy v Knowles
Late Service of Amended Points of Dispute: Celtic Bioenergy v Knowles Ltd [2022] EWHC 1223 (QB) Facts of the Case An appeal was considered in the High Court for the matter of Celtic Bioenergy Ltd v Knowles Ltd [2022] Costs LR 837. The point of discussion...
Fee Earner Grades Costs Dispute: TRX v Southampton FC
Fee Earner Grades Costs Dispute: TRX v Southampton FC [2022] EWHC B7 (Costs) Fee Earner Grades Costs Dispute: Facts of the Case The matter of TRX v Southampton Football Club Ltd arose from allegations of sexual abuse towards the claimant, from a previous...
Solicitor’s Bill of Costs: Do Fee Earners Need to be Listed?
Solicitor's Bill of Costs: Do Fee Earners Need to be Listed? AKC v Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust [2022] EWCA Civ 630 What is a Solicitor's Bill of Costs? Subsequent to the conclusion of a claim, the successful party can...