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