COST BITES 159: DEDUCTING COSTS FROM THE CLIENT’S DAMAGES: THE GOLDEN RULE – THAT THE CLIENT SHOULD BE KEPT INFORMED

We are looking again at the judgment in  St. James v Wilkin Chapman LLP [2024] EWHC 1716 (KB).  The judge considered the question of whether the client had been informed that the budget had been exceeded and that the solicitors were intending to recoup irrecoverable costs from the client's damages. ...