COURT ORDER ALLOWING PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE EXTENSIONS OF TIME: A BRIEF EXAMPLE
I am grateful to Dominic Regan for providing a precedent that allows the parties to extend time for compliance prospectively and retrospectively. THE ISSUE During a discussion on Twitter Dominic mentioned that some courts were habitually making orders that allowed…
THE HOURLY RATE FOR INCURRED COSTS: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE ARE SET OUT CORRECTLY: HIGHER HOURLY RATES THAN THE RETAINER SHOULD START THE ALARM
I am grateful to Benjamin Petrecz, Associate and Costs Lawyer at Keoghs LLP, for bringing my attention to a decision of Master Rowley in Tucker -v- Griffiths & Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (19/05/17) in relation to costs budgeting. A…
PROVING THINGS 85: AN INABILITY TO PROVE EVEN A SMALL SUM MEANS IT WILL NOT BE AWARDED
Many of the issues that have been looked at in the Proving Things series have been in relation to failures to prove substantial issues, or substantial sums. However the need to prove things is a universal requirement. I want to look…
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