SOLICITOR AND OWN COSTS ASSESSMENT: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DECISION THAT CLIENT NOT LIABLE TO PAY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL’S FEES: SOLICITOR TERMINATED THE RETAINER AND COULD NOT RECOVER COSTS
I wrote about the first instance decision in Murray v Richard Slade And Co Ltd [2021] EWHC 3383 (QB), in two posts in January this year, the first is here, the second here. The claimant in that case (the solicitor…
COURT REFUSES AN APPLICATION FOR INTERIM PAYMENT FOR COSTS: A REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS CASES
In NAX v MAX & Anor [2021] EWHC 3492 (QB) Master Brown refused a claimant’s application for an interim order for costs. The judgment is useful in that it reviews the previous cases on the topic and sets out the…
RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS: LATE SERVICE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE: NOT A “SUBSTANTIAL, SERIOUS OR SIGNIFICANT” FAILURE
In Aelf MSN 242, LLC v De Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV DBA Surinam Airways [2021] EWHC 3482 (Comm) Peter MacDonald Eggers QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) granted a defendant relief from sanctions in relation to late (and…
THE SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: WHEN IT IS (ABOUT) A LOTTERY
I have mentioned before how many people are interested in reading cases about the summary assessment of costs. There is an example in the judgment of Senior Master Fontaine in Goodram & Anor v Camelot UK Lotteries Ltd [2020] EWHC…