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Costs Order Subject to Detailed Assessment: What Happens Next?
Costs Order Subject to Detailed Assessment: What Happens Next?Receiving a court order stating that one party must pay another party's costs "subject to detailed assessment" does not usually mean that the court has decided exactly how much must be paid. The costs order...
Indemnity Costs: Costs Awarded on the Indemnity Basis Meaning
Indemnity Costs: Costs Awarded on the Indemnity Basis MeaningWhen a court orders one party to pay costs, those costs will usually be assessed on either the standard basis or the indemnity basis. The indemnity basis is more favourable to the receiving party and can...
Compulsory Purchase Costs: Indemnity Costs Awarded
Compulsory Purchase Costs: Indemnity Costs AwardedA recent Upper Tribunal decision has provided important guidance on Compulsory Purchase Order costs (CPO Costs), after a local authority was ordered to pay costs on the indemnity basis following a dispute over...
Prince Harry Legal Costs Update: £9.54m Interim Payment Ordered
Prince Harry Legal Costs Update: £9.54m Interim Payment OrderedThe scale of the Prince Harry legal costs dispute has become clearer after the High Court ordered the Duke of Sussex and six other claimants to make an interim payment of £9.54 million towards the Daily...
Solicitor-Client Costs Disputes: ACL Proposes Alternative to Legal Ombudsman
Solicitor-Client Costs Disputes: ACL Proposes Alternative to Legal OmbudsmanThe way in which solicitor-client costs disputes are resolved could change significantly under proposals currently being considered for reform of the Solicitors Act 1974. Earlier proposals...
Employment Tribunal Costs: Solicitor Ordered to Pay After “Vindictive” Conduct
Employment Tribunal Costs: Solicitor Ordered to Pay After “Vindictive” ConductCosts orders in the Employment Tribunal remain relatively unusual, but a recent decision involving a solicitor and HM Land Registry demonstrates just how significant litigation conduct can...