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COST BITES 260: THE “CLIENT” WAS NOT LIABLE TO PAY THE SOLICITORS BILLS : EACH ENTITY PUT IN ITS TIME AND EFFORT AT ITS OWN RISK

July 25, 2025 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content, Witness statements

Today we are looking at a highly unusual solicitor and own client costs assessment. After hearing evidence over five days the judge decided that there was no retainer between the “client”and the solicitor. The client was not liable to pay…

COST BITES 77: JUDGE REJECTS ARGUMENT THAT TERMS OF DISCOUNTED CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENTS MEANT THE SOLICITORS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY COSTS OF ALL: COMPULSORY READING HERE - AND MUCH TO THINK ABOUT

COST BITES 77: JUDGE REJECTS ARGUMENT THAT TERMS OF DISCOUNTED CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENTS MEANT THE SOLICITORS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY COSTS OF ALL: COMPULSORY READING HERE – AND MUCH TO THINK ABOUT

April 19, 2023 · by gexall · in Costs, Members Content

The judgment of Judge Brown, sitting as a Master of the Kings Bench, in  Ascension Asset Management Ltd & Anor v Sky Solicitors Ltd [2023] EWHC 875 (KB) should be mandatory reading for any litigator who enters into a retainer…

IF YOU CAN'T PROVE YOU HAVE A PROPER RETAINER YOU WON'T GET PAID: SHIPPING IN FROM HULL

December 1, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Costs, Members Content, Witness statements

In Scott -v- Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2014] Ew Misc B53(CC) the claimant failed to recover any costs against the defendant because he failed to prove that there was a valid CFA. THE FACTS A detailed assessment was…

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