Tag: costs
Harmans Costs Brief – September 2018: asbestos focus
This month’s Costs Brief has an asbestos focus, Partner and Costs Lawyer Steve Jones discusses hourly rates in mesothelioma cases and how you can make…
Deadline tomorrow 24 August for submissions for LASPO Part 2 government review
Part 2 of the LASPO Act: Litigation Funding and Costs MoJ Survey – DEADLINE TOMORROW 24 AUGUST 2018. The Ministry of Justice is undertaking a…
No “good reasons” to depart from budget – Part 2
Whether a reduction in the hourly rates applied to the incurred costs within a bill is a good reason to apply the same reduced rates…
Whether a reduction in the hourly rates applied to the incurred costs within a bill is a good reason to apply the same reduced rates to the ‘budgeted’ costs (i.e. future costs) in the same bill
This question was considered by Master Nagalingam at a detailed assessment hearing which took place on 11 & 12 October 2017 in the case of…
LOWIN v W PORTSMOUTH & CO LTD (2016) Neutral Citation Number: [2017] EWCA Civ 2172
The Claimant had successfully appealed a decision of Costs Judge Master Whalan in respect of the costs of a detailed assessment that concluded at provisional…
MPs blame ‘defensive’ NHS culture for spiralling claims costs
Article courtesy of John Hyde at The Law Society Gazette:…
