COST BITES 171: DEFENDANT WHO RECEIVED LEGAL AID TO DEFEND CIVIL COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS CAN ONLY RECOVER COSTS AT LEGAL AID RATES
NB – THIS DECISION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OVERTURNED BY THE COURT OF APPEAL: SEE THE POST HERE The judgment of Costs Judge Whalan in MBR Acres Ltd & Ors v McGivern [2024] EWHC 1869 (SCCO) highlights an issue that has been…
THE CORONERS’ COURT, COMPETENCES, FUNDING AND HELP WITH DEALING WITH THE BEREAVED CLIENT: USEFUL LINKS
Today I have presented a webinar on the coroners’ courts. The webinar has a particular emphasis on helping the client through the process, and the “competences” set out in the joint documents between the SRA, CILEx and the Bar Standards…
THE JOINT MEETING OF EXPERTS AND THE JOINTLY INSTRUCTED EXPERT: WEBINAR 29th JULY 2024
I was a more than a little shocked to read the judgment in Glover & Anor v Fluid Structural Engineers & Technical Designers Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1257 it is a case that shows that lawyers are still making…
COURT MADE PEREMPTORY ORDER THAT CLAIMANT PAY COSTS: ARTICLE 6 RIGHTS NOT INFRINGED
In Khokan v Nirjhor [2024] EWHC 1872 (KB) Mrs Justice Hill granted the defendant’s application for a peremptory order following the claimant’s failure to pay costs ordered against him at an interlocutory hearing. The judge refused the claimant’s application for…
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