COST BITES 375 : WHY THESE INTERIM BILLS WERE NOT STATUTORY BILLS: “VERY CLEAR EVIDENCE WOULD BE NEEDED TO ESTABLISH THAT AN INVOICE WHICH, ON ITS FACE, IS EXPRESSLY NOT FINAL HAS NONETHELESS BEEN AGREED TO BE FINAL”

Last month we looked at a case where a series of interim bills were found to be statutory bills.  Today we look at a case where the court came to the opposite conclusion.  This has important practical consequences in that the client's right to challenge the bills is time limited.  If these had been ...