THE BRIAN MAY COSTS CASE: TRANSCRIPT NOW AVAILABLE: PROPORTIONALITY APPEAL DID NOT BITE THE DUST
Thanks to the good offices of the ACL the judgment on appeal of May -v- Wavell Group Ltd is now available here. The claimant’s appeal on the issue of proportionality was allowed. The figure of £35,000 plus vat for costs…
COSTS DISALLOWED IN FULL DUE TO MISCONDUCT IN ASSESSMENT PROCESS: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION
In GSD Law Ltd v Wardman & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 2144 the Court of Appeal upheld a decision whereby the claimants’ costs were disallowed because of misconduct during the assessment process. “The alleged misconduct in this case goes to…
SOLICITOR AND OWN CLIENT ASSESSMENTS: PROPORTIONALITY CONSIDERED
In October last year I wrote how a speaker at the Association of Cost Lawyers Conference predicted a rise in the number of solicitor and own-client assessments. It has to be said that there have been some interesting cases in…
BOUNDARIES, BORDERS AND COSTS: IF YOU LEAVE THE ISSUE OF COSTS TO THE JUDGE YOU MAY NOT GET THE ANSWER YOU WANT
The judgment of the Court of Appeal in Powles -v- Reeves [2016] EWCA Civ 1375 shows the dangers of not being able to agree the principle of who should pay the costs of litigation. It shows the dangers of just…
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