Costs News

A pre-assessment protocol for costs – which would require the receiving party to serve a costs summary – could help reduce the costs of the process, a new report has suggested. It also called on Costs Lawyers to exploit the poss... view

A law firm that failed to give its client an estimate has been limited to the costs he expected to pay – around a third of what it billed. The defendant alternative business structure in Dunbar v Virgo Consultancy Services Ltd [2019]... view

“Eye-watering” costs of more than £1m to defeat a strike-out application will be found disproportionate or unreasonable, a High Court judge has ruled in ordering an interim payment on account of costs. In BTI 2014 LLC... view

A claim for payment of solicitors' fees said to be due under a contentious business agreement (CBA) should be brought under part 8 and a conditional fee agreement (CFA) can be a CBA, the High Court has ruled. However, Kelyn Bacon QC, sittin... view