Costs News

The poor conduct of a local authority and children’s guardian were not sufficiently bad to justify a costs order in the type case where generally no orders for costs are made, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In January, the appeal cour... view

The ‘exceptional circumstances’ test by which claimants whose cases exit the portal can claim more than fixed recoverable costs should not be a low bar, the High Court has held. Mr Justice Stewart was ruling in Ferri v McGill [2... view

A former employee of a matchmaking business has won his appeal against a ruling that he pay the costs the company incurred in defending a separate case it was claimed that he had encouraged in breach of his contractual obligations. Seventy... view

The government has failed in its bid to avoid liability for costs a claimant incurred in dealing with issues referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), where the UK left it to the EU to deal with those proceedings. The c... view