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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...

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 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...