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THE REDUCTION OF A SUCCESSFUL CLAIMANT'S COSTS BECAUSE OF CONDUCT: RELEVANT CALDERBANK OFFERS CONSIDERED: RECOVERABLE COSTS REDUCED BY 15% AND 60%

THE REDUCTION OF A SUCCESSFUL CLAIMANT’S COSTS BECAUSE OF CONDUCT: RELEVANT CALDERBANK OFFERS CONSIDERED: RECOVERABLE COSTS REDUCED BY 15% AND 60%

June 23, 2022 · by gexall · in Conduct, Costs, Damages, Members Content, Personal Injury

In Mathieu v Hinds & Anor (No. 2: Costs) [2022] EWHC 1624 (QB) Mrs Justice Hill reduced a claimant’s recoverable costs.  An initial 10% reduction was made because of the pursuit of a claim for provisional damages which was not…

SERVICE BY EMAIL WAS NOT GOOD SERVICE: A CLAIMANT NEEDS A SPECIFIC STATEMENT THAT SERVICE WILL BE ACCEPTED: APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME REFUSED

SERVICE BY EMAIL WAS NOT GOOD SERVICE: A CLAIMANT NEEDS A SPECIFIC STATEMENT THAT SERVICE WILL BE ACCEPTED: APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME REFUSED

June 23, 2022 · by gexall · in Members Content, Service of the claim form, Serving documents

In  Karanja, R (On the Application Of) v University of the West of Scotland [2022] EWHC 1520 (Admin) Michael Ford QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, found that a claim form had not been served when it was…

SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: THERE WAS PROCEDURAL UNFAIRNESS IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, HOWEVER THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME

SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: THERE WAS PROCEDURAL UNFAIRNESS IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, HOWEVER THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME

June 23, 2022 · by gexall · in Appeals, Costs, Members Content, Summary assessment,

In  Golubovich v Golubovich [2022] EWHC 1605 (Ch) Mr Justice Edwin Johnson refused a defendant permission to appeal from the decision made in a summary assessment of costs.  There had been procedural unfairness in the way that the assessment was…

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