COST BITES 99: A SUMMARY ASSESSMENT ON A STANDARD BASIS AFTER A SOLICITOR AND OWN CLIENT ON AN INDEMNITY BASIS: THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN HERE

The judgment of Costs Judge Leonard in  Hughes Fowler Carruthers Ltd v Gubbay [2023] EWHC 2188 (SCCO) contains several matters of interest. It is a reminder of that basis of the standard assessment of costs, and how this differs to the indemnity basis. It makes an important point about the recover o...