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EX160 Court Fee Remission: Recovering Court Fees when the Client was Eligible for a RemissionIn the recent case Stoney V Allianz Insurance PLC,  the recovery of Court Fees was contested on the basis that the Claimant could have been eligible for an EX160 Court fee...

Proportionality: Where are we up to Now?Introduction West v Stockport NHS Foundation Trust & Demouilpied v Stockport NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 1220 has hit the headlines recently in respect of ATE premiums, but it also sets out some very interesting...

Fixed Costs Case Study Was it a Reasonable Decision to Remove a Matter from the Portal?ARC Costs recently successfully defended a client’s decision in a fixed costs matter to remove the matter from the Portal, and recovered fixed issued costs, despite the matter...

Recovering Court Fees Should a Tortfeasor Pay Even When the Client was Eligible for Fee Remission?When negotiating costs on a file, it is not unusual to encounter the paying party contest the Court fees on the ground that the Claimant should have mitigated their loss...

Legal Costs How To Recover a Medical Expert FeeWhether you are seeking recovery of costs on a standard or fixed basis, every Solicitor will have experienced at one point or another a challenge on a medical expert fee or medical agency fee they have incurred in a...