Gatehouse Chambers | United Kingdom | 4 Oct 2021
The general principle underlying the grant of security for costs is protecting the defendant against the risk of injustice if, having successfully…
PRO Compliance | United Kingdom | 29 Apr 2020
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority should not pay legal costs for companies that successfully appeal against its decisions, unless the agency has acted “unreasonably or in bad faith”, the enforcer has said.
4 New Square Chambers | United Kingdom | 13 Feb 2019
This article on Default Costs Certificates and Interim Costs Certificates supplements another article on payments on account of costs . In that…
4 New Square Chambers | United Kingdom | 4 Apr 2018
Costs budgeting is plainly important, as I will amplify later, but it is rarely thought to be interesting. However, there is now a fair body of law and practice, and there is some craft in
Dentons | United Kingdom | 22 Mar 2018
The High Court held in Marcura Equities v. Nisomar Ventures Ltd that, in principle, claimants are entitled to an award of significant costs even where…
Cooley LLP | United Kingdom | 19 Dec 2017
In Michael Jonathan Christopher Oldham v QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited [2017] EWHC 3045 (Comm) Mr Justice Popplewell held that under a policy…
Ashfords LLP | United Kingdom | 24 Oct 2017
In our article "Legal Costs in Adjudication - the road to recovery?", we considered whether the 2016 case of Lulu Construction Limited v Mulalley and…
Hill Dickinson | United Kingdom | 31 Aug 2017
A voluntary costs pilot scheme is to take place over the next two years for claims worth up to £250,000, applicable to claims issued out of the London…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 31 Jul 2017
Lord Justice Jackson has today published his report "Review of civil litigation costs: supplemental report, fixed recoverable costs". His report…
Deka Chambers | United Kingdom | 26 Jul 2017
It is a common issue: an early Part 36 Offer is made in a case prior to the claimant party being in a position to fully value a case which transpires…