Legal Cost Specialists

April 2017

Supreme Court comments on proportionality test

One of the ongoing areas of uncertainty post-Jackson is whether additional liabilities should be included (where still recoverable) when considering proportionality. I am grateful to Andy Ellis for pointing out the comments of the Supreme Court in Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors v Flood & Ors [2017] UKSC 33: “However, certain changes introduced following Sir

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Court hearing fees

Ever increasing court fees are an issue subject to much commentary. Nevertheless, there are other more subtle ways where the courts are increasing revenue through amendments to the rules concerning fee payment. Previously, hearing fees were refundable on a sliding scale where a case settled pre-trial: 100% if the court was notified more than 28

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Professional indemnity insurance for costs draftsmen

I recently had to renew our professional indemnity insurance.  Our brokers sent us a very lengthy document from our insurers even though we were just looking to renew our policy. Amongst the various questions asked was: “What does the Proposer think are the more significant potential risks associated with their field of work”. I completed

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