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Proportionality in Legal Costs: Ongoing Challenges
DDJ David Hodson* had his say in a recent matter involving an application for interim maintenance and his comments (including a link to his referenced article) are included verbatim. Neutral citation number: [2025] EWFC 119 (B) Case number: 1706523844619870 IN THE FAMILY COURT SITTING AT…
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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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Instruction of Leading Counsel in mesothelioma claim
When it comes to instruction of King’s Counsel, Gary Knight considers the following decision. Simon Coram (Executor of the Estate of Maragaret Jean Coram – Deceased) and D R Dunthorn & Son Limited – Neutral Citation – [2024] An appeal heard by Mrs Justice Yipp…
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Costs budgets
Costs Budgets continue to raise matters requiring appeals to provide guidance if not answers; Gary Knight looks at a case in which the Claimant experienced difficulties in addressing the Judge at the CCMC as to the content of the Defendant’s Costs Budget and took umbrage…
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Matthew Harman on proportionality
In the latest installment of our costs video series Matthew Harman talks about proportionality. You can find the video on our YouTube channel, along with more videos from some of our other Partners, we hope you find them useful! If you have any questions for Matthew please do…
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Broad brush budgeting
It has been a little while since a judgment dealing with Costs Budgets so it was nice to see on BAILII a decision from Mr Roger Ter Haar KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the TCC on 2 November 2022. https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC/2022/2767.html ASSOCIATED…
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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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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…
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Proportionality – still no further forward
Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal handed down the long awaited case of BNM v MGN Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 1767. The judgment was significant in that it overturned Master Gordon-Saker’s decision that the new test of proportionality applied to additional liability claims in…
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Harmans Costs Brief – November 2017
Costs Brief is back! In this issue we look at a recent decision in the Court of Appeal which overturned a Senior Costs judge’s ruling on proportionality. We also discuss the importance of providing a client with an accurate costs estimate during a claim and Matthew…
