COST BITES 183: A SERIES OF BILLS WERE NOT STATUTE BILLS: “CHAMBERLAIN” NOT ENGAGED: THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE FOUND “SPECIAL REASONS” TO ALLOW ASSESSMENT IN ANY EVENT
In Guest Supplies Intl Ltd v Spector Constant & Williams Limited [2024] EWHC 2450 (SCCO) Costs Judge Nagalingam decided that a series of bills sent by a solicitor were not statutory bills, neither were they “Chamberlain bills”. In any event…
COST BITES 131: TIME LIMIT FOR ASSESSMENT EXTENDED WHEN BENEFICIARY CHALLENGES COSTS: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION TODAY
I am grateful to barrister Alicia Tew for sending me a copy of the Court of Appeal decision today in Kenig v Thomson Snell & Passmore Llp [2023] EWHC 181 (SCCO). The Court considered the question of whether the costs judge…
COST BITES 95: A SOLICITOR’S BILL IS “PAID” WHEN FUNDS ARE DEDUCTED FROM DAMAGES AND A COMPLIANT BILL SENT TO THE CLIENT
In Menzies v Oakwood Solicitors Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 844 the Court of Appeal held that a solicitors bill is “paid” when the claimant’s solicitor sends a compliant bill to the claimant, after deducting damages. The Court, it has to…
SOLICITOR'S NEGLIGENCE & SOLICITOR'S COSTS: ELEMENTARY ISSUES WORTH READING
The transcript of Edwin Coe LLP -v- Aidiniantz [2014] EWHC 3994 (QB) is worth reading for a number of reasons: (i) The nature of the duty owed by the solicitor in litigation; (ii)evidence and contemporary documents and (iii) the circumstances…