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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...
Recovering Expert Fees in Litigation: What Can Be Challenged?
Recovering Expert Fees in Litigation: What Can Be Challenged?Expert evidence can be essential to the successful conduct of litigation, but it can also represent one of the largest disbursements within a Bill of Costs. In complex personal injury, clinical negligence,...
Costs Budget Variations: High Court Confirms the Limits in Bassey v Whittaker
Costs Budget Variations: High Court Confirms the Limits in Bassey v WhittakerThe High Court has provided important clarification on when parties can vary an approved costs budget, confirming that judges do not have a general discretion to make changes simply because...