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Harmans Costs Brief – October 2019
This month’s Costs Brief features an in-depth look at some recent judgments which caught the eye of Gary Knight. Plus there are details of the latest CPR update which clarifies the cut off between budgeted and incurred costs. We hope you find the latest Costs…
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Case law update – September 2019
The last couple of months have presented numerous judgments, far too many to cover here though the following caught the eye of Gary Knight: Vivek Rattan v Carter Ruck – SCCO 20/05/19 (amended 19/07/19). Before Master Leonard an assessment of costs between solicitor and client.…
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Harmans Costs Brief – July 2019
This month’s Costs Brief considers the historical development of Part 36 and the distinction between substantive proceedings and the costs of the assessment proceedings. The recovery of mediation costs is also covered along with the new discount rate for PI claims. Plus there are details…
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The Role of Specialist Costs Counsel in Judgments
In the matter of Evelyn Horne v Prescot (No. 1) Ltd – [2019] EWHC 1322 (QB), Jamie Carpenter (Claimant/Respondent) was pitched against Benjamin Williams QC (Respondent/Claimant) in a matter before Mr Justice Nichol on 7 May 2019 (judgment 24 May 2019). The issue An appeal…
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Harmans Costs Brief – June 2019
This month’s Costs Brief covers two significant rulings – the recent High Court ruling on Proportionality which saw costs slashed and the Allen ruling which rejected a challenge to a costs lawyer’s delegation of work to non-costs lawyers on their staff. Also featured are the latest amendments…
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Harmans Costs Brief – March 2019
This month’s Costs Brief has been taken over by Gary Knight who looks at some recent costs related decisions and highlights, among other things, the importance of seeking an interim payment in respect of costs at the conclusion of the case as well as the…
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Legal costs update by Gary Knight
As prepared by Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight for the next edition of Litigation Funding magazine. October 2018 saw a flurry of costs related decisions and I could not bid farewell to 2018 without comment: Stephen John Culliford (1) Dawn Lane (2) -v- Jocelyn…
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Voluntary Capped Costs Pilot: Fee Breakdown
The pilot will run for two years from 14 January 2019 for cases valued at between £100,000 and £250,000. The final rules have now been approved and the costs will be set out at the end of the new Practice Direction 51W as follows: Work…
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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…
