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No “good reasons” to depart from budget – Part 2
Whether a reduction in the hourly rates applied to the incurred costs within a bill is a good reason to apply the same reduced rates to the ‘budgeted’ costs (i.e. future costs) in the same bill – Part 2 Following on from Mathew Knight’s previous…
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Hourly Rate Reductions: Incurred vs Budgeted Costs
This question was considered by Master Nagalingam at a detailed assessment hearing which took place on 11 & 12 October 2017 in the case of Rebecca Elizabeth Nash (PR of the Estate of Graham Robert Wood (Deceased) -v- the Ministry of Defence (SCCO Ref: NEWM1703873).…
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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…
