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Legal Costs Update by Gary Knight
Mitchell was, with good reason, the headline grabber as far as court decisions go during the later stages of 2013 and the decision and its impact on future matters has been the subject of considered review and comment elsewhere, therefore I will concentrate on other…
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No relief for Mr Mitchell MP
There will be few, if any, members of the legal profession unaware of the recent decision given by the Court of Appeal in the matter of Andrew Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 1526. The decision has been reviewed, discussed, commented…
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Mitchell ‘Plebgate’ Court of Appeal Judgment handed down
Simon Browne QC and Richard Wilkinson appeared in the Court of Appeal on behalf of the Claimant in a landmark case following the Jackson Reforms namely Andrew Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 1526. Judgement was handed down today, Wednesday 27th…
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Costs Budget Hearing
I recently attended a Case Management Conference/Costs Management Hearing in relation to a personal injury case. The hearing was in the County Court and the case was valued by the Claimant in the region of £27,000. There were two Defendants. The Claimant’s budget totalled £44,510.60. …
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Madoff trial costs GT £11m in legal fees
The Telegraph reports that a costs estimate filed with the High Court, has shown that Taylor Wessing’s total fee for unsuccessfully representing Grant Thornton in the Madoff Securities International trial was around £11m.
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Post Jackson: any changes?
The new legal landscape has now been traversed for the best part of 6 months so what has changed? On the face of it not too much; the simple reason being the majority of the changes introduced were not retrospective and it is the cases…
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The recovery of costs “incidental” to proceedings
Legal fees incurred in connection with a claim cannot be claimed as damages from the opposing party. They fall within the Court’s sole jurisdiction and discretion to award costs should litigation ensue. It is a well established principle that legal costs incurred before an action…
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Costs update – 5/9/2013
CASE LAW CRM TRADING LTD v CHUBB ELECTRONIC SECURITY LTD (2013) http://www.lawtel.com/MyLawtel/Documents/AC9401388 QBD (Merc) (Judge Mackie QC) 04/09/2013 CIVIL PROCEDURE – COSTS (LTL) COSTS BUDGETS : VARIATION : CONTESTED COSTS BUDGET: APPROPRIATENESS OF REDUCING BUDGET Whilst it was rare for costs budgets to be contested,…
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Plebgate…
I am quite sure that by now all of our followers are aware that under the new rules (with the notable, and quite frankly in my opinion cynical, exception of the Commercial Court and budgets in excess of £2m in the TCC, Mercantile and Chancery…
