Legal Costs

I’ve been having a bit of a tidy up and came across a copy of the original appeal judgment in Chester County Court in Callery v Gray. The Callery v Gray litigation was ultimately viewed as a large success for claimants generally and Amelans solicitors in particular, the Claimant’s solicitors in that case. It was […]

Christmas is obviously a time for sherry. And I’m not talking about the one bottle of Harveys Bristol Cream that your aunt brings out of the cupboard once a year, pours one glass from and replaces until the next year. (Sherry should be drunk within a few weeks of opening the bottle.) No, proper sherry

The Legal Costs Blog 2014 Award for Most Startling Legal Discovery goes to Mr Justice Barling in Long v Value Properties Ltd & Anor [2014] EWHC 2981 (Ch) when giving judgment on the interpretation of the old notification requirements concerning additional liabilities: “The provisions as they currently stand are obscure, unnecessarily complex, and in need

For those of you still struggling with the Mitchell/Denton approach to relief from sanctions, I recommend this helpful summary.

My second drink recommendation in the run up to Christmas is Ayala Brut Majeur NV Champagne. You might not have heard of Ayala but it is now owned by the same people who make Bollinger champagne. Ayala is the “house” champagne at Middle Temple and served at their special events. Normally priced at £28.99 from

The pre-Jackson CPR contained two provisions concerning the making of orders requiring interim payments prior to detailed assessment. CPR 44.3(8) read: “Where the court has ordered a party to pay costs, it may order an amount to be paid on account before the costs are assessed.” The second provision was contained CPR 47.15(1): “The court

Far be it for me to tread on Dominic Regan’s toes when it comes to wine recommendations, but with the approach of Christmas I thought I would make a few drink suggestions for the festive season. My first is Baron De Ley Reserva Rioja. This normally retails at £12.49 a bottle from Waitrose/Ocado. However, Costco,

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has been commenting on a non-story that an information request from the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) has shown the number of whiplash claims has fallen by 29% in only four years. There were just under 567,000 claims in the financial year 2010-11 but only 401,584 in 2013-14. I

If a party is unhappy with the outcome of a provisional assessment they have the automatic right to request an oral hearing. The large disincentive is that if they fail to achieve an improvement in their favour of 20% or more of the provisionally assessed amount that party will pay the costs of and incidental

The new Senior Costs Judge Master Gordon-Saker recently suggested there was no need for further guidance on the new proportionality test. He said: “It is said that we will need guidance on how to apply the new test. I disagree. The guidance is already there. It is likely that somebody will in some case or