Ultimate Products Ltd v Wooley [2014] EWHC 2706 (Ch)
Court applied three-stage test in Denton when considering an application for relief from sanctions, and held failure to serve notice of new CFA was not a serious breach.
View ArticleJE v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 192
Court of Appeal rules on limits of power under CPR 52.9A to limit costs of appeals in proceedings where recovery is normally restricted.
View ArticleSugar Hut Group Ltd v AJ Insurance [2014] EWHC 3775 (Comm)
An offer of settlement had a major impact on costs even though it was not a valid part 36 offer and the claimant did better at trial.
View ArticleHegglin v Persons Unknown & Google Inc [2014] EWHC 3793 (QB)
High Court refuses to make a costs-capping order 10 days before trial, saying that the case was too close to trial and the defendant had already spent so much at a level that a detailed assessment was...
View ArticleRegione Piemonte v Dexia Crediop SpA [2014] EWCA Civ 1298
The court considered to what extent the Mitchell/Denton principles apply to applications by defendants to set aside judgments. The principles are highly applicable when it comes to considering the...
View ArticleSavoye and Savoye Ltd v Spicers Ltd [2015] EWHC 33 (TCC)
High Court has more than halved a successful party’s costs on summary assessment on the basis of proportionality, in one of the clearest applications of the new proportionality rule seen so far
View ArticleKazakhstan Kagazy plc v Baglan Abdullayevich Zhunus [2015] EWHC 404 (Comm)
It may be reasonable for a party incurring costs to spare no expense in a case where large amounts of money are at stake, says Mr Justice Leggatt.
View ArticleYeo v Times Newspapers Ltd [2015] EWHC 209 (QB)
The High Court has highlighted some common issues that arise in costs management, and given general guidance on completing costs budgets
View ArticleHamed v Mills & Tottenham Hotspur Football Club [2015] EWHC 298 (QB)
In this case, which provides a useful example of cost assessment in cases where there are two parties and part 36 offers, the court found negligence on the part of a doctor and football club in a claim...
View ArticleHome Group Ltd v Matrejek [2015] EWHC 441 (QB)
The High Court has allowed a case to continue despite a party failing to turn up for a directions hearing, and post-Denton, is another expression of leniency by the court in relation to parties seeking...
View ArticleCIP Properties Ltd (AIPT) v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd [2015] EWHC 481...
How to deal with costs management in circumstances where the claimant’s budget was “entirely unreliable” and where the costs were “wholly disproportionate”
View ArticleCashman v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1312 (QB)
The High Court overrules a senior costs judge, after he denied a claimant who made a successful part 36 offer in detailed assessment proceedings the additional 10% uplift
View ArticleP v P [2015] EWCA Civ 447
Court of Appeal upholds Mr Justice Mostyn’s decision to vary a trust in a nuptial settlement, in order to meet the wife’s financial claim. In his judgment, Lord Justice Jackson gave guidance about the...
View ArticleNokes v Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust [2015] EWHC B6 (Costs)
In one of the first judgments since the Jackson reforms, Master Leonard has given useful guidance on the extent of recoverability of post-LASPO ATE premiums in medical negligence claims
View ArticleBegum v Hossain [2015] EWCA Civ 717
This case is an usual case of the court upholding a challenge to an expert determination, and a reminder of the limited grounds on which an expert determination can be challenged
View ArticleMichael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Sinclair [2015] EWCA Civ 774
Court of Appeal confirms that the principles set out in Mitchell have to be read in the light of Denton
View ArticleCentral Bank of Ecuador v Conticorp SA [2015] UKPC 11
The Privy Council has reversed findings on dishonesty from the lower courts, and provides a useful reminder in relation to appealing findings of facts
View ArticleBritish Airways plc v Spencer (Trustees of the Airways Pensions Scheme)...
The High Court considers the meaning and purpose of CPR 35.1, and provides guidance on when expert evidence is ‘reasonably required’
View ArticleKerins v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (unreported, 31 July 2015)
The court considered whether the conduct of the claimant’s solicitors had been unreasonable or improper within the meaning of CPR 44.11, conduct that included the intentional failure to disclose the...
View ArticleHallows v Wilson Barca LLP (2015)
This case is only available as a summary on Lawtel at present, but suggests that the duties imposed on public bodies by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 can be relevant to the common law doctrine of...
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