In Best v Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC B2 (Costs), a clinical negligence case, the defendant accepted the claimant’s part 36 offer of £475,000 to settle the costs. Costs of assessment were to b... view
The thorny issue of a client’s rights to a Solicitors Act 1974 assessment of fees has raised its head again recently in Masters v Charles Fussell & Co LLP [2021] EWHC B1 (Costs). Quite rightly within that statute a... view
It has been a feature of civil justice reform that rates are set and not updated with the passage of time – personal injury lawyers working on fixed recoverable costs can attest to that. You might think it sensible to at least put some kin... view
Some of the most common questions I get asked by my clients involve when and how do they go about revising their previously approved budgets during the course of litigation. These are never easy to answer given the ambiguities surrounding such t... view
As a Costs Lawyer one of the topics I like to bore my solicitor clients with is Part 36 and its wider implications. Used correctly a well thought through approach to Part 36 offers can see early resolution of disputes and considerable costs savi... view
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