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A valuable insight into the costs budgeting process
A very interesting case has appeared on Bailli recently and reveals an interesting view as to how the Master in the case approached the fixing of a budget. The case [2025] EWHC 674 (Ch) involves Atlantic Ways Holding SA (Claimant) and Freetown Terminal Holding Limited…
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Harmans Costs Brief – November 2023
Welcome to the latest Costs Brief featuring our recent ranking in The Legal 500 as one of the ‘Firms in the Spotlight 2024’, some analysis from Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight on two cases from the Court of Appeal and the Competition Appeal Tribunal involving the reference…
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Guideline Hourly Rates: Latest Update
The nights are drawing in, there’s a nip in the air so it’s a good time to snuggle down with two cases from the Court of Appeal and the Competition Appeal Tribunal involving the reference to Guideline Hourly Rates. Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight…
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For whom the Belsner tolls…do not let it toll for you
In the unlikely event you have not considered the lengthy (23 pages) judgment of the Court of Appeal or indeed perused one of the very many detailed and informative summaries of the case Belsner v Cam Legal Services Limited or perhaps you are a visitor…
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Harmans Costs Brief – May 2021
Welcome to the latest Costs Brief which covers the third and final update following the Civil Justice Council’s recent Guideline Hourly Rates report. We have been working with The Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors (FOCIS) to collate the relevant data to assist with their submission to the…
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Harmans Costs Brief – March 2021
Welcome to the latest Costs Brief which discusses the recommendations for reform following the Civil Justice Council’s recent Guideline Hourly Rates report. We have been working with The Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors (FOCIS) to collate the relevant data to assist with their submission to the…
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Matthew Harman talks costs
Welcome to the first in a series of costs videos which will feature a different Harmans partner each time. Matt Harman kicks our series off with a look at the publication of the Civil Justice Council’s report on Guideline Hourly Rates and gives his thoughts…
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R v Shinners rates
Senior Costs Judge Master Gordon-Saker refers to the Guideline hourly rates as a “starting point only.” Guideline rates are of course just that, fairly blunt instruments designed to assist judges in the summary assessment of costs. The passage of time since 2010 means that they…
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***STOP PRESS***
The Civil Justice Council’s costs committee has extended the deadlines for submissions to its review of the guideline hourly rates (GHR). It will now accept responses to both the costs survey – which officially closed on Friday – and the call for written evidence, whose…
