COST BITES 103: INTERIM BILLS WERE NOT FINAL BILLS: CLIENT COULD STILL HAVE THEM ASSESSED

In  Ivanishvili v Signature Litigation LLP [2023] EWHC 2189 (SCCO) Costs Judge Leonard rejected an argument that a series of bills rendered by a solicitor were "statutory" bills.  This meant that all the bills could be subject to assessment.  The judgment sets out the problems for solicitors sending...