PROPORTIONALITY, CASES AND COMMENT: A ROUND UP
The post yesterday on the Brian May case and proportionality highlighted the fact that this is still a major issue in litigation. It is a good time to set out the posts on this blog on proportionality to date.
PREVIOUS POSTS
- The Brian May costs case: Proportionality appeal did not bite the dust.
- Clinical negligence: recoverability of premiums and proportionality: Court of Appeal decision
- Costs budgeting – proportionality test applies – even in a case for £350 million.
- Solicitor and own client assessments: proportionality considered.
- Don’t stop me now: Cliff’s costs budgeting:incurred costs; the cap on the costs of budgeting and preparation for trial.
- Incurred costs proportionality and budgeting means a case should not be struck out.
- Extraordinary amount of costs causes judge great concern: RBS costs estimates greatly exceeded – now £129 million.
- Proportionality, assessment and premiums: The need for careful case planning: £72,320 reduced to £24,604. (Considers the case of Rezek-Clarke -v- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC B5 (Costs)).
- Proportionality: We will, we will rock you.
- Proportionality II : The extended album edition.
- Proportionality does not affect a proportionate costs order.
- Proportionality and costs: a judgment on appeal
- Costs management and proportionality in action. (Considers Agents’ Mutual Limited -v- Gascoigne Halman [2016] CAT 21)
- Costs budgeting: Proportionality; city firms & counsel when there is £16 million at stake (Considers the case of Group Seven Limited -v- Nasir [2016] EWHC 629 (Ch)
- Costs budgeting, proportionality and group litigation (Various Claimants -v- Sir Robert McAlpine & others [2015] EWHC 3543 (QB)).
- Proportionality, assessment and the costs of budgeting: senior courts costs office decision today (BP -v- Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board [2015] EWHC B13 (Costs)).
- Receivers, Extensions of time and rigorous costs budgeting to ensure proportionality
- A clever ploy: hire expensive lawyers and then argue costs are disproportional.
- Proportionality, costs and payments on account: a High Court decision.
- Proportionality, assessment and the costs of budgeting
- Proportionality, bundles & £3 million spent on costs.
- More on summary assessment of costs and proportionality.
- A working example of proportionality in practice.
- Rigorous costs budgeting to ensure proportionality.
- Enterprise, Proportionality, witness statements & unnecessary costs.
- Proportionality and survival for litigators Part 1
- Proportionality and survival for litigators Part 2.
- Proportionality and survival for litigators 3
- Costs, proportionality and getting the budgets right.
- Costs, parties & Proportionality
- An assessment of costs bites the dust.
- Proportionality and costs: it applies to big cases as well.
- What is meant by proportionality?
- Costs budgeting & proportionality when there is £16 million at stake