Costs Law & Litigation Cost Cases
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Dockerill & Anor v Tullett [2012] EWCA Civ 184 (24 February 2012)  -  (1) Corby Dockerill (By his Mother and Litigation Friend Zoe Dockerill (2) Demi Healey (By her Mother and Litigation Friend Zoe Dockerill) v S Tullett: Paddy Macefield (By his Litigation Friend Paula Macefield) v Janos Bakos: Rebecca Turbridy (By her Litigation Friend D Westwood) v Mohammed Sarwar [2012],... more...
Jakishan Patel v Fortis Insurance Ltd [2011], (CC Leicester), 23/12/11  -  A Claimant who had elected to withdraw from the Pre-action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in RTA's was only entitled to his costs under the protocol.A motor vehicle insurer had failed to acknowledge a PI claim notification from in accordance with the procedure under the Pre-Action Protocol... more...
Epsom College v Pierse Contracting Southern Ltd (In Liquidation) (Formerly Biseley Construction Ltd) [2011] EWCA Civ 1449, 13/12/11  -  A judge's award of costs based on a Claimant's Part 36 offer was illegitimate as the offer had been withdrawn the Court could rely on the consequences of a previous unwithdrawn Part 36 offer.It was agreed between the parties that the judge's award of costs based on the second Part 36 offer was technically... more...
Sandra Solomon v Cromwell Group Plc: Donna Oliver v Sandra Doughty [2011] EWCA Civ 1584, 19/12/11  -  Low value RTA claim settled under the terms of a Part 36 offer, the costs were to be assessed under CPR 45 Part II rather than on the standard basis.The appellants, who had been claimants in low-value road traffic accident claims, appealed against decisions to award costs in accordance with Part 45 Part... more...
Gill Germany v Gavin Flatman: Barchester Healthcare Ltd v Richard Weddall [2011], EWHC 2945 (QB)  -  There was a power under the Senior Courts Act 1981 s.51 to determine by whom the costs of litigation should be paid. Such an order could be extended to non-parties, such as solicitors, in appropriate circumstances. What was required was evidence to show that the solicitor had gone beyond the scope of... more...
Arlene Fortune v Jonathan Roe (2011), [2011], EWHC 2953 (QB), 10/11/11  -  A success fee of 100% was unreasonable where judgement had already been entered as the main risks to the litigation had gone. Non-recovery of charges would only have arisen if the C rejected a Part 36 offer and subsequently failed to beat that offer. The Master had originally decided that as the C was... more...
IKOS CIF Ltd & Ors v Hogan Lovells International LLP [2011], EWHC 2724 (Ch), 14/10/11  -  When considering whether to make an award for indemnity costs, it was necessary to consider whether a party's conduct was such that it should attract the court's censure. The Respondent had not made a misleading statement and it was not game playing. It had made a striking out application which was not... more...
Brighton & Hove Bus & Stage Coach Ltd v (1) Sheridan Brooks (2) Merihan Tadrous (3) Nabil Tadrous [2011], EWHC 2810 (Admin) 20/10/11  -  Following findings of contempt against two family members of a Claimant in which the Claimant's daughter was 6 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months and 3 months imprisonment for the Claimant's husband suspended for 12 months, the Court ordered the relatives to pay 70% of the Defendant insurer's... more...
William S Roper v Auckland Risk Advisors Ltd & Anor (2011), QBD (Comm), 05/09/11  -  The court was required to determine costs following settlement between the Claimant and the Defendants. Following a determination by the American courts, the Claimant sought payment of money. The Claimant demanded payment within four days. The Defendants initially disputed that it owed any monies but... more...
Riva Bella SA v Tamsen Yachts GMBH (Costs), (2011), EWHC 2338 (Comm)  -  The applicant applied to correct a judgment Order so as to reduce the sum awarded to the respondent. After the Order had been made the applicants solicitors wrote to the respondent's solicitors informing them that the Order failed to take account of payments previously made such that the sum fell to... more...
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