ACCEPTANCE OF PART 36 DOES NOT DISPLACE FIXED COSTS - NOR WERE THERE "EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES": CLAIMANT COMES TO GRIEF

ACCEPTANCE OF PART 36 DOES NOT DISPLACE FIXED COSTS – NOR WERE THERE “EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES”: CLAIMANT COMES TO GRIEF

December 11, 2023 · by · in Costs, Fixed Costs, Members Content, Part 36, Uncategorized

I am grateful to Simon Fisher, Costs Lawyer,  of DWF for sending me a copy of the judgment of District Judge Carter (as he then was) in the case of Bosley -v- Whitecroft, (County Court at Nottingham, 8th November 2023)…

COST BITES 127: DO THE GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES APPLY IN FAMILY PROCEEDINGS?

COST BITES 127: DO THE GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES APPLY IN FAMILY PROCEEDINGS?

December 11, 2023 · by · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content, Summary assessment,

In H v GH [2023] EWFC 235 Simon Kolton KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) considered the question of whether the guideline hourly rates applied in family proceedings.  He held that whilst, strictly, the rates may not apply…