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CPR 3.17: Discovery Land Company v Axis Specialty Europe SE
CPR 3.17: Discovery Land Company v Axis Specialty Europe SE In discussing the control of costs expenditure, it is almost trite to cite paragraph 13 of Kazakhstan Kagazy plc v Zhunus [2015] EWHC 404 (Comm), ‘...What is reasonable and proportionate in that context must...
Milbrooke Construction Ltd v Jones – Recovery of Costs of Detailed Assessment
Milbrooke Construction Ltd v Jones - Recovery of Costs of Detailed Assessment How the Dominos fall: the Question of Whether a Large Reduction to a Bill Necessitates a Large Reduction to the Costs of Assessment In Milbrooke Construction Ltd v Jones [2021] EWHC B20...
Increase in Court Fees for the First Time in Five Years
Increase in Court Fees for the First Time in Five Years Following a public consultation on ‘increasing selected Court fees and help with fees income thresholds by inflation’, the Court Fees Order statutory instrument will come into force on 30 September 2021....
QOCS Case Law – Enforcement of Adverse Costs Orders – Ho v Adelkun
QOCS Case Law – Enforcement of Adverse Costs - Ho (Respondent) v Adelekun (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 43 What is QOCS? The costs protection afforded under Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting (QOCS) applies for post April 2013 onwards cases which feature personal...
Guideline Hourly Rates 2023: New Rates from October 2021
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
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...