Recoverable Liabilities and the Proportionality Rule
January 8, 2017
Disagreeing with Senior Costs Judges, in a recent case Master Rowley decided that recoverable additional liabilities should not be subject to the proportionality rule. To read more, please Click Here.
Recoverability of Claims Consultants’ Costs
January 8, 2017
In a recent case the High Court concluded that the costs of Claims Consultants instructed on adjudication enforcement proceedings will usually be recoverable as disbursements provided the same consultants represented the party in the adjudication. To read more, please Click Here.
High Court Warning to Litigants over Unreasonable Conduct
January 8, 2017
In a recent case before the High Court, a clear message was given to litigants that choose to “litigate mendaciously”, that they themselves could face the costs consequences. To read more, please Click Here.
The Second Necessity limb of the “Lownds Test”
December 5, 2016
The High Court has ruled that the court cannot identify a “benchmark” for an appropriate overall reduction to a bill under the second “necessity” limb of the Lownds test. To read more, please Click Here.
The Importance of Complying with the Solicitors Act 1974
December 5, 2016
Case of BLOOMSBURY LAW SOLICITORS v HOWARD MACPHERSON (2016) considering the importance of complying with the Solicitors Act 1974 in Solicitor-own client assessment. A Master had been entitled to find that two costs bills served on a client by a solicitors’ firm did not comply with the Act. Although it was found in this case that there was no serious procedural irregularity and there had been no injustice, it highlights the importance to be given to the requirements of the Act when preparing a Solicitor own Client bill of costs for assessment.
