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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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Harmans Costs Brief – January 2016
It’s back – the first Costs Brief of 2016! Featuring analysis by Nishma Shah covering the thorny issue of proportionality plus Mat Knight asks when is it reasonable to recover costs of two separate firms acting for multiple Claimants in a case. We also cover fast track…
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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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Falling foul of proportionality by Nishma Shah
The recent case of Hobbs v Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC B20 (Costs), has highlighted a key consideration that the Court may take into account when assessing costs. The issue of proportionality is often a thorny one. It should be remembered…
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Part 36 Offers: Old vs New Rules Explained
Gemma Purser v Robert Hibbs & Anor [2015] EWHC 1792 (QB) Before Judge Moloney QC sitting as a Judge of the High Court the Defendant had made an application within a personal injury action pursuant to the former Part 36 Rule 10(5) to deal with…
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The (indemnity) cost of getting it wrong
The Court of Protection team at 39 Essex Chambers analyse the award of indemnity costs against a local authority for breaching a disabled woman’s rights. The ruling in Somerset County Council v MK [2015] EWCOP B1 (HHJ Marston) is the costs decision following judgment on…
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Harmans Costs Brief – October 2015
October is shaping up to be a busy month at Harmans – we’re looking forward to the Law Society Excellence Awards in London this Thursday and keeping everything crossed for our app Costs Expert which has been shortlisted in the Business Development category! The Harmans Aylesbury team is on…
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Costs budgeting by Matthew Harman
I spend a good deal of time dealing with budget hearings in the Queen’s Bench Division corridor. From my perspective they waste an awful lot of time being listed at times like 11:30am, which leads to a complete morning and early afternoon out of the…
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CFA subject to contract cancellation regulations, says appeal court
Thousands of costs cases could be affected by a Court of Appeal ruling earlier this year which established that the Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer’s Home or Place of Work etc Regulation 2008 applied to conditional fee agreements (CFAs). In the case of…
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Should bills be split pre and post April 2013? Gary Knight discusses
The question has been raised once again following the decision of the Senior Costs Judge, Master Gordon-Saker in the matter BP –v- Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board [2015] EWHC B13 The matter involved a claim for costs arising from a dispute wherein a…
