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2008 Guideline Hourly Rates
The Advisory Committee on Civil Costs is in the process of a thorough review of the guideline hourly rates. However, pending its findings, the Committee has advised that the guideline rates from 1st January 2008 should be increased in line with the increase in average earnings in the private sector, currently 4%.
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14th Annual Solicitors Costs Conference
We are pleased to be able to announce that Simon Gibbs of GWS will be a speaker at this year’s prestigious CLT’s 14th Annual Solicitors Costs Conference. He will be speaking on the subject of “Costs and the Paying Party”. The event will be held on 29th January 2008 in London. We are able to
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Morgan v Llandow Metals – £160,000 costs saving
Gibbs Wyatt Stone recently secured a costs saving of approximately £160,000 in the case of Morgan v Llandow Metals (Newport County Court). The Claimant’s solicitors presented a Bill of Costs for approximately £160,000. An offer of £100,000 was made on behalf of the Defendant supported by an interim payment in the same sum. The offer
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Jones v Wrexham Borough Council
The central issue in Jones v Wrexham Borough Council [2007] EWCA Civ 1356 concerned the, on first sight somewhat esoteric, issue of whether a pre-November 2005 CFA amounted to a “CFA Lite”. A “CFA Lite” is defined by regulation 3A of the Conditional Fee Agreement (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 as being a CFA where, with
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Crane v Canons Leisure Centre
The main issue considered in Crane v Canons Leisure [2007] EWCA Civ 1352 was whether the work performed by external costs draftsmen should attract a success fee. The claim had been conducted under a CCFA and, come the detailed assessment proceedings, the successful Claimant’s solicitors outsourced the work to external costs draftsmen. The Claimant’s solicitors
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Elstone v Knowles
In our last two Costs Law Updates we reported the decisions in Myers v Bonnington Cavendish Hotel) Ltd [2007] EWHC 90077 (Costs) and McFayden v Liverpool CC (Liverpool County Court, 9/5/07). These cases also concerned alleged breaches of Regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) where the Claimant’s solicitors had recommended an ATE policy but had failed to notify the
Willoughby v Sempra Energy Trading (UK) Ltd
The same issue as in Bevan and McFayden, although this time with the case being referred by Accident Assurance Limited, was considered in Willoughby v Sepra Energy Trading (UK) Ltd (Liverpool County Court, 5/4/07). District Judge Smedley, sitting as a Regional Costs Judge, found that there had been a breach of Regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) in that
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McFayden v Liverpool CC
In our last Costs Law Update we reported the decision of Myers v Bonnington (Cavendish Hotel) Ltd [2007] EWHC 90077 (Costs), where a costs judge had held there to be breach of Regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) where the Claimant’s solicitors had recommended an ATE policy but had failed to notify the client that they had an interest
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Bevan v Power Panels Electricals Systems Ltd
The case of Bevan v Power Panels Electricals Systems Ltd [2007] EWHC 90073 (Costs) concerned a claim conducted under a CFA where the case was referred to the solicitors by the claims management company Accident Advice Helpline (AAH). The defendant challenged the validity of the CFA on the grounds that there had been a breach
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