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Late acceptance of Part 36: A lesson to be learned
Late acceptance of Part 36: A lesson to be learned for Claimants and Defendants alike. Michelle Walton of Victoria Square Chambers reports: http://www.victoriasquarechambers.co.uk/late-acceptance-of-part-36-a-lesson-to-be-learned/
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Harmans Costs Brief – October 2016
Welcome to the October issue of Costs Brief. We’re busy preparing for our next seminar at The Law Society in London, date to be confirmed imminently, so watch this space! As usual, we’ve also covered the latest industry news including a costs update from Partner…
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Part 36 indemnity costs trumps fixed costs rules the Court of Appeal
Two low level RTA claims, relating to separate Claimants (Broadhurst and Taylor), were heard together on appeal after opposite decisions were made by judges on whether to equate indemnity costs with fixed costs. The Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson said that assessed costs should…
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Harmans Costs Brief – May 2016
We only went and won it! Harmans are incredibly proud to have been named Costs Company of the Year at the Modern Claims Awards, you can see some photos from the ceremony in Leeds by clicking the link below. Hot on the heels of our win we…
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Harmans costs seminar resources from 5 May 2016
If you couldn’t be there on the day here’s all of the notes and resources used by our speakers: 160505 costs budgets presentation SG precedent-h-guidance-note 160505 Summary of Lynch handout notes JM Samantha Jones – Cost Talk – 05.05.2016
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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 application of the “new” proportionality test on an assessment of costs
It has been sometime since the “new” test for proportionality was introduced for work undertaken post 1 April 2013 with CPR 44.3(2) stating: “Where the amount of costs is to be assessed on the standard basis…Costs which are disproportionate in amount may be disallowed or…
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Harmans Costs Brief – May 2015
Costs Brief is back! What a busy few weeks – we hosted our most popular costs seminar to date, we walked the London Legal Walk and we are delighted to announce our new Partner Sara Gould. There’s also tons of articles including the recent Part 36…
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Senior Costs Judge overruled by High Court on Part 36 uplift in detailed assessment proceedings
There has been some debate as to whether Part 36 Offers made in respect of costs have the same application as Part 36 offers made within proceedings. Costs Judges have tended to shy away from awarding, for example, the prescribed percentage uplift referred to at…
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Costs Law – recent developments. Notes by Roger Mallalieu, Barrister from 4 New Square
These notes from Roger Mallalieu were distributed at our recent costs seminar on 10 April 2015 and briefly address 6 issues relating to recent developments in the law of costs (i) The new Part 36 – an overview and some key points; (ii) The ‘current’ Part 36…
