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Costs Budgets: CPR 3 and PD 3E
PD 3E & CPR 3 - Get Your Costs Budget Right Part 3 and Practice Direction 3E of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) deal with costs management and set out the rules for preparation and filing of a budget of legal costs. CPR 3 and PD 3E apply to most Part...
Legal Aid Matters and Inter-Partes Costs Orders
Legal Aid Matters and Inter-Partes Costs OrdersWhat is Legal Aid? Legal aid was introduced to provide free legal advice and to cover legal costs in many civil, family and care cases in England and Wales. It is used in all areas of law including criminal cases, civil...
Notice of Commencement – Detailed Assessment of Costs
Notice of Commencement (N252) Commencing Detailed Assessment ProceedingsWhat is a Notice of Commencement? Detailed assessment proceedings can be commenced in the event that an agreement has not been made with a paying party following the award of costs in any Court...
Application for Interim Payment on Account of Costs
An Application for Interim Payment on Account of Costs: How Has Recent Case Law Developed the Ability to Obtain an Interim Payment on Account of Costs? What is an Application for Interim Payment on Account of Costs? On the successful conclusion of a claim, the...
EX160 Court Fee Remissions -Recovering Court Fees when the Client was Eligible for a Remission
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?
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...