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Harmans Costs Brief – January 2017
An industry award, a brand new office, two costs seminars, our first exhibition and a team trip to Bruges – 2016 was a very busy year for Harmans, we’re looking forward to seeing what 2017 will bring… We hope you’ve had a good start to the…
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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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Greig v Lauchlan & Anor – Ch D 07/12/16
Change of Counsel was not a significant development in an action that warranted the changing of a costs budget; so held Richard Millett QC when considering an application by the Defendant to increase a budget that had been approved in October 2015 shortly before a…
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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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Harmans Costs Brief – December 2016
Welcome to the December Costs Brief, the final issue of 2016. Partner Gary Knight has provided a thorough costs update with a particular focus on ATE and we’ve also looked at the decision of Costs Judge Jennifer James in the matter of Briggs vs First…
Tags: ATE, Autumn Statement, CFA, costs, Costs Brief, costs budget, Costs Judge, costs seminar, CPR, Denton, Detailed Assessment, disproportionate, IPT, LASPO, Legal costs update, Mitchell, Part 36 offer, payments on account, proportionality, relief from sanctions, Statement of Reasons, success fees -
Court of Protection: Costs Law Update
Is it acceptable to transfer the method of funding from Public to under a CFA? Whilst the recovery of additional items was abolished for most claims post April 2013 we still see very many matters where the agreements pre-date the shut off point and the…
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Harmans free costs seminar – Wednesday 23 November 2016 – The Law Society, London
Our latest costs seminar is nearly fully booked, so if you haven’t already reserved your space you need to do it now! The seminar is an evening event and carries 2 CPD points. Please note: the seminar is nearly full. Our seminar is free and open…
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Helen Briggs & 598 Ors v First Choice Holidays & Flights Ltd (2016)
A very detailed and considered decision of Costs Judge Jennifer James has appeared on Lawtel in the matter Helen Briggs & 598 Ors v First Choice Holidays & Flights Ltd (2016) and merits consideration in full; the highlights however are as follows: As will be…
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Late Costs Budgets: Risks and Consequences
Lowin v W Portsmouth & Co LTD [2016] EWHC 2301 QBD Elisabeth Laing J – 20/06/16 An appeal against a decision of a Costs Judge following a provisional assessment of the receiving party’s costs. The Claimant was entitled to costs following a successful claim for…
Tags: ATE, case management conference, CFA, costs, costs budgets, Costs Judge, costs law, Court of Appeal, Denton, Detailed Assessment, Litigants in Person, Lord Justice Jackson, Mesothelioma, Mitchell, Part 36 offer, Part 47, Points of Dispute, Precedent H, proportionality, Provisional Assessment, relief from sanctions, success fees -
Court of Appeal Awards Costs in Thames Case
A council must pay a local hotel owner £55,000 in costs after losing a judicial review over construction of a hydro-electric station. The London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames had given permission for the installation at Teddington Lock, where it would have replaced a section of a…
