COST BITES 134: THE FACT THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD A COSTS ORDER IN ANOTHER ACTION WAS NOT GROUNDS FOR REFUSING AN INTERIM ORDER FOR COSTS
In Baldudak v Matteo (Re Costs) [2024] EWHC 301 (Ch) Mr Andrew Sutcliffe KC, sitting as a High Court Judge, made an order for a substantial interim payment of the claimant’s costs. He did not accept the defendant’s argument that…
COST BITES 45: COURT REJECTS DEFENDANT’S APPLICATION THAT CASE INVOLVING A CHILD BE BUDGETED: ACCEPTS CLAIMANT’S APPLICATION FOR AN INTERIM PAYMENT ON COSTS – BUT NOT THE AMOUNT CLAIMED
In CXS v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust [2023] EWHC 14 (KB) Master Cook considered issues relating to costs in a case concerning a child where the matter is unlikely to be resolved for many years. The Master rejected…
AMENDING YOUR CASE AND PAYING THE COSTS: JUDGE ORDERS CLAIMANT TO PAY £100,000 ON ACCOUNT OF COSTS
The judgment of Mr Justice Pepperall in R.G. Carter Projects Ltd v CUA Property Ltd [2020] EWHC 3417 (TCC) is interesting for a number of reasons. Firstly it encapsulates the principle that a party amending their pleadings must normally pay…
COURT OF APPEAL CONSIDERS AWARD FOR AS TO COSTS ON ACCOUNT: WHAT IS A “REASONABLE SUM”? (£325,000 IN THIS CASE)
In Mousavi-Khalkali v Abrishamchi & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 1493 we have a rare case of the Court of Appeal considering an appeal on an order that a party pay a sum on account of costs. THE CASE The Court…
COURT HAS JURISDICTION TO MAKE AN INTERIM ORDER AS TO COSTS AFTER CLAIMANT HAS ACCEPTED A PART 36 OFFER: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION TODAY
In Global Assets Advisory Services Ltd & Anor v Grandlane Developments Ltd & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 1764 the Court of Appeal confirmed that the court can make an interim order for costs after a claimant has accepted a Part…
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