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£50,000 COSTS INCURRED: £500,000 ALLOWED: HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

April 17, 2016 · by gexall · in Conditional Fee Agreements, Costs, Members Content, Uncategorized

The decision of Mr Justice Spencer in Bolt Burdon Solicitors -v- Tariq [2016] EWHC 811 (QB) is an interesting consideration of non contentious business agreements.” The judge found that an agreement which meant that the solicitors recovered 50% of the damages…

PROVING THINGS 14: PROVING MITIGATION OF LOSS

April 17, 2016 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Damages, Members Content, Uncategorized

The previous post in this series looked at the Court of Appeal decision in Bacciottini -v- Gotelee and Goldsmith [2016] EWCA Civ 170 where the court upheld an award of £250 in damages because of issues relating to mitigation of loss….

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