Fixed Costs and High Value Clinical Negligence cases
June 4, 2017
Lord Justice Jackson has expressed his scepticism over the applicability of the regime to higher value Clinical Negligence cases. The Judge who is guiding the policy admitted that there may be difficulties for multi-track claims valued more than £25,000. To read more, please Click Here.
Four Month countdown to Electronic Bill of Costs
June 4, 2017
In their recent meeting in May, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee has decided that the electronic bill of costs will become compulsory on 1st October 2017 in the Senior Courts Costs Office. The Committee has approved the new electronic bill. To read more, please Click Here.
Court warns not to Abuse the Costs Budgeting process
June 4, 2017
In a recent case before the High Court, parties in litigation have been warned not to treat the budgeting process as a game in order to obtain a “tactical advantage over the other side”. To read more, please Click Here.
Damages pushed to £140k due to Judge allowing extra court fee
April 24, 2017
In a recent case, Sir David Eady allowed a litigant to retrospectively pay a higher court fee to secure higher damages. As a Claimant is required to pay 5% of their damages in court fees, this consequently increased the court fee from £500 (in the original declaration) to £7000 under the prescribed damages. To read more, please Click Here.
Pre-LASPO position on Recoverability confirmed
April 24, 2017
In a recent case before the Supreme Court, three newspaper groups sought to contest adverse costs orders against them on the basis that they infringed freedom of expression rights and relying on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in MGN v UK. All three appeals were however dismissed with the Supreme Court concluding that to deny the Claimant’s the ability to recover the success fee and ATE premium would infringe their own rights. To read more, please Click Here.
