Costs News

NHS Resolution has failed in an attempt to argue that mis-certification meant that a bill of £182,000 should be reduced to zero. Murray v Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 539 (QB) was a clinical negligence claim that... view

Lethem promoted to circuit bench Chris Lethem (pictured), who led the way in using costs management as a district judge and regional costs judge long before it became a requirement, has been appointed a circuit judge on the South Eastern Ci... view

Claimants in low-value public liability cases are able to recover medical agency fees incurred in obtaining medical records even though there is no express provision in the CPR, a circuit judge has ruled. But His Honour Judge Graham Wood QC... view

The Solicitors Act process is not available to a third party who a court found had agreed to cover the costs of a solicitor’s client as he was not the “party chargeable with the bills”, the High Court has ruled. Richard Sl... view