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Harmans Costs Brief – December 2018
In this month’s Costs Brief Gary Knight analyses two recent costs cases, one in which solicitors were given another reason to have sleepless nights and one which resulted in a successful costs management order appeal. Meanwhile, Mathew Knight takes a look at defamation and the…
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Specialist Costs Expertise in Defamation Claims
What is defamation? Defamation is the publication to a third party of a statement about you which has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to your reputation. The defamatory publication will either be a libel or a slander. What is libel? Libel relates…
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Successful costs management order appeal
With thanks to Tom Jenkinson at Bolt Burdon Kemp for kindly making the full judgment available. Yirenki v MOD – QB/2018/0134 – 2 November 2018 Appeal to Mr Justice Jacobs against a decision made at Costs Case Management hearing. The decision may be one that…
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Costs management – Costs Lawyer magazine July/August
A look at Costs Management in the latest Costs Lawyer magazine featuring comment from Matthew Harman. Costs Lawyer mag July-Aug 2017 pg 14-15 Costs Lawyer mag July-Aug 2017 pg16-17
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Fixed Costs, Budgets and the Bill of Costs
Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight discusses the implications of Lord Justice Jackson’s Review of Civil Litigation Costs on how solicitors recover costs on behalf of their clients in the latest Modern Claims magazine. MCM26 Harman Costs
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Court of Appeal judgment in the Harrison Costs Budgeting case
The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in the important costs budgeting case of Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust. The case is important reading in relation to the issue of how a budget affects detailed assessment. Click below to…
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Harmans Costs Brief – June 2017
In this issue we look at an important case from the Court of Appeal where refusal to mediate was not a bar to the recovery of costs. We also discuss another judgment that has been eagerly awaited by PI lawyers, the “£400 club” case. And don’t…
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Cost Budgeting: Decision on Misuse of Precedent R to play a procedural game
Important decision for costs budgeting: COST BUDGETING: USING PRECEDENT R TO PLAY A PROCEDURAL GAME Blog by Kerry Underwood.
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Harman Costs Brief – March 2017
Another busy month and lots to discuss, not least the new format bill of costs – Mat Knight takes a look below. We have also summarised the decision of Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust plus much more. We hope you find this latest instalment of Costs…
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Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
The issue of costs budgets continues to occupy court time with The Honourable Mrs Justice Carr DBE the latest, and most senior, judge to give consideration to what, if any, weight an approved costs budget had when the bill of costs was the subject of…
