HOURLY RATES ON DETAILED ASSESSMENT ABOVE THE GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES: A STARTING POINT BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE FINISHING POINT

HOURLY RATES ON DETAILED ASSESSMENT ABOVE THE GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES: A STARTING POINT BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE FINISHING POINT

In Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2023] EWHC 827 (SCCO) Costs Judge Rowley made some observations on the use of the Guideline Hourly rates in a detailed assessment. These may well be the starting point, they do not…

COST BITES 71: POINTS OF DISPUTE STRUCK OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE NON-COMPLIANT: PAYING PARTIES RAISING OBJECTIONS HAVE TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT

COST BITES 71: POINTS OF DISPUTE STRUCK OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE NON-COMPLIANT: PAYING PARTIES RAISING OBJECTIONS HAVE TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT

I am grateful to Kain Knight Costs Lawyers for drawing my attention to the judgment of HHJ Gosnell in O’Sullivan v Holmes and Hills LLP [2023] EWHC 508 (KB).  The judge allowed an appeal by a solicitor in a solicitor…

WHAT IS THE BEST COSTS ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE TO A YOUNG LAWYER? THE ENTRIES

What single piece of Advice on costs would you give to a young lawyer to stand them in good stead throughout their career?  This was the question asked in the contest started last month.  The contest has a prize generously…

COST BITES 42: INDEMNITY COSTS, CONDUCT AND CORRECTING MISTAKES:  PROVIDING SUFFICIENT MATERIAL ON ASSESSMENT IS ESSENTIAL

COST BITES 42: INDEMNITY COSTS, CONDUCT AND CORRECTING MISTAKES: PROVIDING SUFFICIENT MATERIAL ON ASSESSMENT IS ESSENTIAL

In  Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc [2023] EWHC 9 (SCCO) Senior Costs Judge Gordon-Saker held that a claimant was only entitled to 70% of its costs of assessment.  There were difficulties in the way that the claimant had…

COST BITES 41: PREJUDGMENT INTEREST ON COSTS - CONSIDERED BUT REFUSED

COST BITES 41: PREJUDGMENT INTEREST ON COSTS – CONSIDERED BUT REFUSED

In Adcock & Ors v Blemain Finance Ltd [2022] EWHC 3280 (SCCO) Costs Judge Whalan considered, and rejected,  the claimants’ arguments that they should have pre-judgment interest on costs.   “It is clear nonetheless that the incipitur rule constitutes the…

PROVING THINGS 244 (& COST BITES 39): WHY COSTS LAWYERS HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT PROVING THINGS

We are returning to the decision on Mr Justice Cavanagh in Shepherd & Co Solicitors v Brealey [2022] EWHC 3229 (KB) to consider another aspect of the rules relating to costs.  The solicitors were seeking to persuade the court to…

IF YOU DON'T SAY WHO YOU ARE THEN YOU CANNOT ARGUE POINTS AT A DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF COSTS

IF YOU DON’T SAY WHO YOU ARE THEN YOU CANNOT ARGUE POINTS AT A DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF COSTS

In Wright v Person Or Persons Unknown Responsible for the Operation and Publication of the Website bitcoin.org [2022] EWHC 2982 (SCCO) Costs Judge Rowley held that if a paying party wanted to take part in a detailed assessment of costs…