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Costs: Court of Appeal quashes latest attempt to escape fixed costs
Simon Fisher considers the outcome of the latest attempt by claimants to escape the fixed costs regime in Ho v Adelekun (2019)
Read moreCosts: Court of Appeal judgment on recoverability of disbursements in ex-portal claims (CPR r.45 Section IIIA)
Simon Fisher examines the Court of Appeal's finding in Aldred v Cham (2019), that counsel's advice fee in a child claim was not recoverable as a disbursement in addition to the fixed costs, and that…
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Claimant limited to fixed Portal costs following failure to use MoJ Portal
Last month we reported on the Court of Appeal decision in Williams v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (2018) which gave costs guidance where a claimant failed to…
Read moreCourt of appeal costs guidance where claimant fails to use MOJ portal
William MacKenzie outlines the findings in the recent Court of Appeal decision in Williams v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2018)
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High tension
The past few years have seen some tension between CPR Part 36 and CPR Part 45, and judges (and sometimes the same judge) have come to different views on which section wins. Will Balfry takes a look at…
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Indemnity costs do not follow late acceptance of a Part 36 offer
Since the decision in Broadhurst v Tan (2016) Claimant solicitors have been trying to persuade courts that there should be a penalty for accepting a Part 36 offer late. In McKeown & Anor v Venton…
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