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Harmans Costs Brief – November 2015
It’s the last Costs Brief of 2015 – where has the year gone?! We’ve covered the hot topic of proportionality in this issue of Costs Brief with detailed commentary from Gary Knight as well as guidance from a Commercial Court Judge. There is also consideration…
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Test of Proportionality – a Commercial Court Judge’s view
Kazakhstan Kagazy PLC v Zhunus [2015] EWHC 404 (Comm) Mr Justice Leggatt gave guidance on the approach to proportionality which should be taken in hard fought litigation, with neither side showing any sense of moderation, and where the sums in issue exceeded many millions of…
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Harmans Costs Brief – February 2015
Read our latest Costs Brief packed full with costs new and analysis. Featuring articles on the impending changes to CPR Part 36, case management hearings, the proposed increases to court fees, not to mention details of our next free costs seminar at The Law Society…
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Lionel Richardson v Glencore: Commercial Costs Case
Solicitors were reminded of the importance of oral case management hearings in the Commercial Court and of adhering to the requirements of the Admiralty and Commercial Court Guide when making a request for a paper case management hearing. The court heard a case management conference…
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Late Witness Statements and Costs Implications
In the case of Monde Petroleum SA v Weterzagros Ltd, 19 May 2014, QBD, Hamblen J, though the breach of order was not trivial, the Court granted the claimant relief from sanction in respect to a witness statement which was served three months later as…
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Costs Budgeting Extended to £10m Cases
The Master of the Rolls has recommended a new £10m threshold despite opposition from Commercial Court judges, who wanted to retain the current exemption from budgeting which applies to Commercial Court cases and to cases in the Chancery, Mercantile and Technology and Construction Courts worth…
