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Home or Away?
The ‘local solicitor argument’ One of the most common, and possibly one of the strongest arguments deployed by a paying party on an assessment of costs, is the ‘local solicitor argument’. This is where a client chooses to instruct a firm of solicitors who are…
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Sony Communications International and SSH Communications Security Corporation [2016] EWHC 2985 (Pat)
Sony Communications International and SSH Communications Security Corporation [2016] EWHC 2985 (Pat) – Mr Roger Wyland QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge 24/11/2016 In this matter the court, when dealing with a summary assessment of costs, considered whether to depart from the court…
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Legal Costs Update #5: Key Developments
Whilst December may have been the holiday season with thoughts of well earned down time with family and friends there were still matters to be determined by the Courts and the following matters may justify consideration during the early weeks of the New Year LINDA…
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Recovering Costs for Multiple Firms Acting
In the case of (1) Jane Rebecca Ong, (2) Alexander Ong, (3) Nicholas Ong and (4) Jordana Ong –v- Ong Siauw Ping [2015] EWHC 3258 (Ch), Mr Justice Morgan considered the question of whether the Claimants were in principle entitled to claim the costs of…
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The application of the “new” proportionality test on an assessment of costs
It has been sometime since the “new” test for proportionality was introduced for work undertaken post 1 April 2013 with CPR 44.3(2) stating: “Where the amount of costs is to be assessed on the standard basis…Costs which are disproportionate in amount may be disallowed or…
