COST BITES 33: BUDGETS: PROPORTIONALITY, COUNSEL'S FEES ("STRATOSPHERIC", OR "ASPIRATIONAL") THE COST OF EXPERTS AND THE COSTS OF TRIAL

COST BITES 33: BUDGETS: PROPORTIONALITY, COUNSEL’S FEES (“STRATOSPHERIC”, OR “ASPIRATIONAL”) THE COST OF EXPERTS AND THE COSTS OF TRIAL

November 7, 2022 · by · in Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content, Proportionality

There is a detailed exposition of the principles relating to costs budgeting in the judgment of Mrs Justice Joanna Smith in Various Sam Borrowers v BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 1 Plc & Ors [2022] EWHC 2594 (Ch).  The judgment…

COST BITES 32 : NON-PARTY COSTS ORDERS AGAINST DIRECTORS: A WORKING EXAMPLE

COST BITES 32 : NON-PARTY COSTS ORDERS AGAINST DIRECTORS: A WORKING EXAMPLE

November 7, 2022 · by · in Conduct, Costs, Members Content, Wasted Costs

In OCM Maritime Nile Llc & Anor v Courage Shipping Co & Ors [2022] EWHC 2696 (Comm) Sir Andrew Smith considered, and applied, the principles relating to non-party costs orders against directors. “I infer that the defence of the claims…