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COST BITES 146: LITIGANT IN PERSON (USING DIRECT ACCESS COUNSEL) WAS TO FILE A COSTS BUDGET

COST BITES 146: LITIGANT IN PERSON (USING DIRECT ACCESS COUNSEL) WAS TO FILE A COSTS BUDGET

April 12, 2024 · by gexall · in Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content

In Cotham School v Bristol City Council & Ors (Ruling on Costs Budgeting) [2024] EWHC 824 (Ch)  HHJ Paul Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge) stated that a litigant in person was to provide a costs budget.  The litigant…

COST BITES 145: AGENCY SHOULD PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF FIGURES FOR COST OF A MEDICAL REPORT: "ANY AJUDICATION ON PROPORTIONALITY, IN ALL ITS COMPONENT PARTS, DEMANDS TRANSPARENCY"

COST BITES 145: AGENCY SHOULD PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF FIGURES FOR COST OF A MEDICAL REPORT: “ANY AJUDICATION ON PROPORTIONALITY, IN ALL ITS COMPONENT PARTS, DEMANDS TRANSPARENCY”

April 12, 2024 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Experts, Fixed Costs, Members Content

I am grateful to barrister James Miller for sending me a copy of the decision of HHJ Saggerson in  Amini-Edu -v- Esure Insurance Company Ltd (8th March 2024). A copy of the transcript is available here.  ENA AMINU-EDU COSTS JUDGMENT…

COST BITES 144: SUMMARY ASSESSMENT, REDUCED FROM £42,267 TO £22,000: A CASE IN POINT

COST BITES 144: SUMMARY ASSESSMENT, REDUCED FROM £42,267 TO £22,000: A CASE IN POINT

April 12, 2024 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content, Summary assessment,

One of the aims of this series is to look at costs issues that would not normally be examined.  This is so practitioners can get a “feel” as to what actually goes on in court.  A good example of this…

THE KEY CASES IN FATAL ACCIDENT DAMAGES: WEBINAR 19TH APRIL 2024

THE KEY CASES IN FATAL ACCIDENT DAMAGES: WEBINAR 19TH APRIL 2024

April 12, 2024 · by gexall · in Damages, Fatal Accidents, Members Content, Webinar

The means of assessment of fatal accident damages is not set out in the Fatal Accident Act, but is set out in case law. A knowledge of the case law is essential to all those involved in fatal accident litigation. …

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