COST BITES 160: SOLICITOR AND OWN CLIENT ASSESSMENTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF “ESTIMATES” OF COSTS

We are looking for the third time at  the judgment in  St. James v Wilkin Chapman LLP [2024] EWHC 1716 (KB).  One of the issues that the (former) client raised was the absence of any accurate estimate in relation to costs being incurred. The issue of the failure to give up to date estimates was not,...