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Aug 1, 20211 min read
Guideline Hourly Rates Report published by CJC.
The Civil Justice Council has published its final report on guideline hourly rates. The full report can be found here: ...
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Jul 30, 20204 min read
Costs Budgeting – latest update to CPR heralds new Precedent T, Budget Variation
Costs Budgeting – latest update to CPR heralds new Precedent T, Budget Variation Since the inception of the CPR in 1999, there have been...
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Jul 18, 20203 min read
TO INCLUDE OR NOT INCLUDE? – VAT IS THE QUESTION (ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL)
Where would lawyers be without some ambiguities in the rules? But whilst “good for business” some alleged ambiguities do cause some head...
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Sep 23, 20193 min read
Very important change to the budgeting regime coming into effect from 1 October 2019
Practitioners should be aware of a very important change to the budgeting regime coming into effect from 1 October 2019 by way of the...
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Dec 31, 20185 min read
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION - I WILL REMEMBER TO REVISE MY BUDGET
“Well, just do the best that you can” is a recurring phrase heard by Costs Lawyers from their Solicitor clients when it is pointed out...
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Dec 13, 20184 min read
HOW TO SET A COSTS BUDGET
The High Court has provided guidance to Judges as to how they should set Budgets. In Yirenki v Ministry of Defence [2018] EWHC 3102 (QB)...
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Mar 16, 20185 min read
Effect of Budget at Detailed Assessment - Nash v Ministry of Defence (SCCO 22/2/18).
A further decision as to how a Costs Management Order (“CMO”) should be interpreted upon Detailed Assessment
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Aug 30, 20175 min read
Costs budgeting latest – further “tension” – Woodburn v Thomas [2017] EWHC B16 (Costs)
Costs budgeting latest – further “tension” The world of costs rarely stands still, not least most recently in the areas of interplay...
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Aug 14, 20174 min read
Updating Costs Budgets – amending incurred costs – what is the correct approach?
Updating Costs Budgets – amending incurred costs – what is the correct approach? There has, since the inception of Costs Budgeting, been...
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Aug 7, 20173 min read
Harrison interpreted – hourly rates a good reason to depart from the budgeted costs at Detailed Asse
Harrison interpreted – hourly rates a good reason to depart from the budgeted costs at Detailed Assessment So you thought that following...
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Jul 13, 20176 min read
Relief from Sanction Denied for Costs Budget 1 day out of time – Lakhani & Another v Mahmud &
Relief from Sanction Denied for Costs Budget 1 day out of time – Lakhani & Another v Mahmud & Others [2017] EWHC 1713 (Ch). Ever since...
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Jul 6, 20174 min read
Costs Budgeting – Rock & Roll Back Again – Sir Cliff Richard OBE v British Broadcasting Corporat
Costs Budgeting – Rock & Roll Back Again – Sir Cliff Richard OBE v British Broadcasting Corporation and Chief Constable of the South...
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Jun 21, 20176 min read
WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING? NOW WE HAVE THE ANSWER! – [2017] EWCA Civ 792.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING? NOW WE HAVE THE ANSWER! – Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust...
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May 24, 20173 min read
Costs Budgeting is no game – Latest Judgment – Fincharm Ltd v Churchill Group Ltd [2017] EWHC 1108 (
Ever since the inception of costs budgeting, both within the pilot scheme at the Technology & Construction Court and thereafter within...
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May 8, 20172 min read
COSTS BUDGETING – ROCK & ROLL BACK AGAIN
COSTS BUDGETING – ROCK & ROLL BACK AGAIN There is nothing like a dash of celebrity Stardust to act as a reminder of legal principles and...
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Mar 24, 20173 min read
NEW RULES ON COSTS BUDGETING & COURT HEARING FEES – Practice Direction 3 E – Civil Procedure Rul
NEW RULES ON COSTS BUDGETING & COURT HEARING FEES Two sets of amendments to the Rules are being implemented in relation to which...
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Mar 3, 20175 min read
“The Court will not – the words are mandatory – depart from the budget, absent good reason.” Merrix
WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING? (3) We had not anticipated that we would be writing a series of articles on this subject in such...
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Feb 20, 201712 min read
Costs Budgeting – A Comprehensive Update – SPH Costing Services Ltd – Costs Lawyers & Law Costs
Costs Budgeting – Update Generally The issue of costs budgeting is one which had its genesis in Jackson LJ’s Final Report of December...
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Feb 13, 20174 min read
WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING (2)? – MacInnes v Hans Thomas Gross [2017] EWHC 127 (QB)
WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING (2)? “One of the main benefits to be gained from the increased work for the parties (and the court)...
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Oct 24, 20168 min read
WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING? Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Claim No: A90BM
WHAT IS THE POINT OF COSTS BUDGETING? This is a question often asked rhetorically by practitioners frustrated by the seemingly ever more...
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