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Expert Witness Fees: Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Recovering Expert Witness Fee Costs Expert witness fees are incurred when an expert, such as medical experts, provide evidence by way of a medico-legal report in the main action, and upon which the expert may...

Section 70 Solicitors Act 1974: Swann v Slater & Gordon   Section 70 of the SA1974 Section 70 Solicitor's Act 1947 allows for Solicitor Client Assessments to take place if a client believes they have been overcharged for services provided by a Solicitor. This...

CPR 3.14: Hardy v Skeels (4th March 2021, Stoke County Court) CPR 3.14   Part 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules deals with the Court's costs management powers. CPR 3.13 deals with the filing and exchanging of costs budgets: CPR 3.13 (1) Unless the Court otherwise...

CPR 45.29I: Disbursements in Fixed Costs Legal Disbursements CPR 45 and CPR 45.29I deals with the types of disbursements that are recoverable in cases that fall under the fixed recoverable costs regime. The amount and type of legal disbursements which are recoverable...

Costs Counsel: Specialism in Costs & When Should You Instruct? Once damages have been agreed on a case, the matter of costs follows and can sometimes be higher in value than the damages action which has taken place, depending on the agreement on costs reached and...

Stage 3 Costs and Portal Costs What are Portal costs? In 2012, the Government proposed the extension of the fixed costs scheme for Road Traffic Accident Claims. The Ministry of Justice set out the proposals of the amount the costs should be fixed at in the...