Tag: guideline hourly rates
Harmans Costs Brief – March 2021
Welcome to the latest Costs Brief which discusses the recommendations for reform following the Civil Justice Council’s recent Guideline Hourly Rates report. We have been working…
Matthew Harman talks costs
Welcome to the first in a series of costs videos which will feature a different Harmans partner each time. Matt Harman kicks our series off…
R v Shinners rates
Senior Costs Judge Master Gordon-Saker refers to the Guideline hourly rates as a “starting point only.” Guideline rates are of course just that, fairly blunt…
BAILII Citation Number: [2020] EWHC B18 (Costs)
Senior Costs Judge’s approach to a claim from Central Funds with guidance given as to rates and items that can/cannot be recovered on assessment.…
Matthew Harman discusses hourly rates in clinical negligence cases
JXA v Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2018) EWHC 1747 (QB) It is not often these days that Claimant lawyers put their heads above…
Guideline Hourly Rates: Should We Still Be Stuck in 2010?
While Guideline Hourly Rates (GHRs) are taken directly from The Senior Courts Cost Office (SCCO) ‘Guide to the Summary Assessment of Costs’ where it is…
