I’ve commented before on the fact that whatever the merits of the Jackson costs reforms, the implementation process has been truly botched. Nowhere is this more apparent than the introduction of costs budgeting. There are obviously myriad problems with costs budgeting as it currently stands but one of the most serious issues, that is only […]
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PD 47 para.5.19 states: “The bill of costs must not contain any claims in respect of costs or court fees which relate solely to the detailed assessment proceedings other than costs claimed for preparing and checking the bill.” Implicit in this is that the costs of preparing and checking the bill are part of the
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The recent decision in O’Brien v Shorrock & The MIB [2015] EWHC 1630 (QB) deals with a number of interesting costs issues. One of these concerned an application for relief from sanctions by a party who had given incorrect information concerning the date a CFA had been entered into. Pre-Jackson, one could be fairly confident
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