COSTS BITES 161: WHAT TYPE OF BILL IS THIS? STATUTE BILLS OR INTERIM BILLS? THE SOLICITOR COULD EASILY HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM BY CLEAR DRAFTING IN THE RETAINER

The importance of careful drafting in a client retainer can be seen in the judgment of Costs Judge Whalan in Stella v Hodge Jones & Allan LLP [2024] EWHC 1704 (SCCO).  The case concerned an issue about whether interim bills were statute bills. The judge held they were not.  The judgment also emp...