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Recovery of mediation costs
Reasonable and proportionate costs incurred in seeking settlement or engaging in negotiation are recoverable in the usual way (Civil Procedure Rules PD 47 para 5.12(8)). The Court also has jurisdiction to make an order in relation to the costs of a failed mediation (Chantrey Vellacott v The…
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Lord Chancellor announces new discount rate for personal injury claims
The Lord Chancellor has announced a change to the way personal injury compensation payments are calculated – setting the Discount Rate at minus 0.25%. The current rate of minus 0.75% has led to concerns that claimants were being substantially over-compensated, increasing financial pressure on public…
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London Legal Walk – 17 June 2019
Once again, Harmans fielded a team of walkers for the annual tradition that is the London Legal Walk. Partners Gary Knight, Steve Jones, Mathew Knight and James Scott were joined by Marketing Manager Vikki Knight and two keen guest walkers, Faye Kitchener and Rachel McGregor.…
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Harmans Costs Brief – June 2019
This month’s Costs Brief covers two significant rulings – the recent High Court ruling on Proportionality which saw costs slashed and the Allen ruling which rejected a challenge to a costs lawyer’s delegation of work to non-costs lawyers on their staff. Also featured are the latest amendments…
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MXX – Costs of the Costs Management Process disallowed
Costs of the Costs Management Process disallowed where the hourly rates put forward in the Costs Budget were significantly higher than those claimed in the Bill of Costs. In MXX v United Lincolnshire NHS Trust [2018] EWHC B23 the Costs Budget included an hourly rate…
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Harmans Costs Brief – March 2019
This month’s Costs Brief has been taken over by Gary Knight who looks at some recent costs related decisions and highlights, among other things, the importance of seeking an interim payment in respect of costs at the conclusion of the case as well as the…
