COST BITES 93: SOLICITOR IS NOT LIABLE TO PAY FEES WHEN THEY WERE ACTING AS A PROFESSIONAL DEPUTY

The arguments raised in Brassington v Knights Professional Services Ltd (t/a Knights) (Re Court of Protection - Deputyship) [2023] EWHC 1568 (Ch) are interesting ones.  HHJ Hodge KC (sitting as a High Court Judge) rejected the defendant's assertions that a solicitor employee, acting as a deputy, had...