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Recovery of mediation costs
Reasonable and proportionate costs incurred in seeking settlement or engaging in negotiation are recoverable in the usual way (Civil Procedure Rules PD 47 para 5.12(8)).…
Lord Chancellor announces new discount rate for personal injury claims
The Lord Chancellor has announced a change to the way personal injury compensation payments are calculated – setting the Discount Rate at minus 0.25%. The…
London Legal Walk – 17 June 2019
Once again, Harmans fielded a team of walkers for the annual tradition that is the London Legal Walk. Partners Gary Knight, Steve Jones, Mathew Knight…
Harmans Costs Brief – June 2019
This month’s Costs Brief covers two significant rulings – the recent High Court ruling on Proportionality which saw costs slashed and the Allen ruling which rejected a…
MXX – Costs of the Costs Management Process disallowed
Costs of the Costs Management Process disallowed where the hourly rates put forward in the Costs Budget were significantly higher than those claimed in the…
Harmans Costs Brief – March 2019
This month’s Costs Brief has been taken over by Gary Knight who looks at some recent costs related decisions and highlights, among other things, the…
