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CPR 28: Costs in Fast Track Cases
CPR 28: Costs in Fast Track Cases What is the Fast Track? When cases are valued between £10,000 and £25,000, they will usually be allocated to the Fast Track (and if for personal injury, the minimum threshold is generally reduced to £1,000, and £5,000 specifically for...
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...
CPR 26: Legal Costs and Track Allocation
CPR 26: Legal Costs and Track Allocation Part 26.1 of the Civil Procedure Rules caters for the circumstances in which defended cases may be sent from one County Court hearing Centre or Court Office to another. It also sets out the general rules for the allocation of...
Civil Finance Electronic Handbook
Civil Finance Electronic Handbook The Civil Finance Electronic Handbook (CFE Handbook) was revised in 2020 to reflect updated guidance as a result of the transfer of the Court assessed claims process to the Legal Aid Agency, and changes in relation to payments on...
Senior Courts Costs Office Guide 2021
Senior Courts Costs Office Guide 2021 What is the Senior Courts Costs Office Guide? The SCCO guide provides guidance in relation to the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules for legal costs. A new guide was released in January 2021 to replace the 2018 version,...
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...