Tag: Court of Appeal
Guideline Hourly Rates
The nights are drawing in, there’s a nip in the air so it’s a good time to snuggle down with two cases from the Court…
Harmans Costs Brief – December 2018
In this month’s Costs Brief Gary Knight analyses two recent costs cases, one in which solicitors were given another reason to have sleepless nights and…
Mathew Knight discusses the importance of specialist costs knowledge when dealing with defamation claims
What is defamation? Defamation is the publication to a third party of a statement about you which has caused or is likely to cause serious…
Court of Appeal: Statute bills do not have to include profit costs and disbursements
In March 2017, Master James gave Solicitors one more reason to have sleepless nights when dealing with the matter of: Richard John Slade (trading as…
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…
Court of Appeal finding of fundamental dishonesty
In Howlett v (1) Davies (2) Ageas Insurance Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 1696 the Court of Appeal found that the Court was entitled to make…