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Costs: Court of Appeal guidance on "new" proportionality test & recovery of ATE premiums
Practitioners have been waiting for Court of Appeal guidance on the "new" test of proportionality in the assessment of costs since it was introduced in April 2013 under LASPO. There was much…
Read moreUseful appeal judgment on proportionality provides clear and practical guidance pending input from the Court of Appeal
As to how to operate the test of proportionality it was appropriate at detailed assessment having initially assessed a party's bill for the judge to step back in order to go through the relevant…
Read moreCosts Management Orders: first instance decisions or appellate court issues?
There have been two recent appeal decisions in relation to costs management orders. In Redfern v Corby Borough Council (2014) and Havenga v Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust & Anor (2014) the…
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