Legal Cost Specialists

December 2015

Christmas Cocktail

My recommended cocktail for the holiday season is a variation of the Boulevardier cocktail from Harry McElhone’s 1927 book Barflies and Cocktails. (Not this didn’t stop Nigella Lawson appearing to take credit for inventing the same in her recent Christmas TV special and renaming it the Kansas City Christmas). My variation adds mulling syrup to […]

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Court fees in provisional assessment cap

I’ve commented before on the issue of whether the costs incurred in relation to pre-provisional assessment applications, such as applications to set aside default costs certificates, applications for interim payments or applications for relief from sanctions fall within the £1,500 cap for provisional assessment. CPR 47.15(5) states: “In proceedings which do not go beyond provisional

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