COST BITES 49: A LAWYER WHO ACTS FOR HIMSELF HAS … A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING PAID: SOLICITOR DEFENDANT CONFINED TO LITIGANT IN PERSON RATES

In Patel -v- Karmakar (12th January 2023) District Judge Lumb, sitting as a Regional Costs Judge, decided that a solicitor acting for himself in litigation could only recover the litigant in person rate.  A copy of the judgment is available here Patel v Karmakar judgment as handed down

THE CASE The...