Tag: retainer
Firm wins appeal against insurer that settled its PI claims
The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from a personal injury firm that argued that an insurer went behind its back to settle claims.…
Unbundling: the rise of litigants acting in person with Solicitors working under a limited retainer
Lord Justice Jackson, giving the main judgment of the court in Minkin v Lesley Landsberg (Practising As Barnet Family Law) [2015] EWCA Civ 1152 held…
Harmans Costs Brief – May 2015
Costs Brief is back! What a busy few weeks – we hosted our most popular costs seminar to date, we walked the London Legal Walk…
Legal Costs update by Gary Knight
April showers April showers produced the darling buds of May and we now look forward to a flaming June. The General Election has been and…
Claimant’s bill of costs struck out as the Court had significant doubt over the validity of the CFAs and retainer
In the case of Anthony Scott –v- Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2014] Ew Misc B53 (CC)(27 October 2014), Regional Costs Judge, District…