FACEBOOK: DELETION OF DECEASED’S PROFILE
In September and October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 10 cities – details and booking form here In Sabados v Facebook Ireland [2018] EWHC 2369 (12 June 2018) the High...
View ArticleMOTOR INSURERS’ BUREAU LIABLE FOR OFF-ROAD INJURIES
In September and October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 10 cities – details and booking form here In Lewis v Tindale (1), Motor Insurers’ Bureau (2) and Secretary of...
View ArticleCHALLENGES TO SOLICITORS’ BILLS BY CLIENT: KEY HIGH COURT DECISION
Kerry discusses this and similar cases in this course In September and October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 10 cities – details and booking form here. In Hanley v JC...
View ArticleINTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AND EXTRA-TERRITORIAL ISSUES
This blog first appeared on the Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog on 27 September 2018. In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 10 cities – details and booking...
View ArticleCOURT FEES, PART 8 APPLICATIONS AND INFANT APPROVAL
In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 10 cities – details and booking form here. The fee on a Part 8 application for infant approval is £308 and not the fee payable...
View ArticleCOST CAPPING AND APPEALS
In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 10 cities – details and booking form here. In Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee (1)...
View ArticleCLIENT CHALLENGES TO BILLS: IMPORTANT GUIDANCE
In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 7 cities – details and booking form here. In Allen v Brethertons LLP [2018] EWHC B15 (Costs) (02 October 2018) the Senior...
View ArticleCOSTS: PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT
In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 7 cities – details and booking form here. In Culliford & Anor v Thorpe [2018] EWHC 2532 (Ch) (02 October 2018) the...
View ArticleSECURITY FOR COSTS ON INDEMNITY BASIS
In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 7 cities – details and booking form here. In Danilina v Chernukhin and others [2018] EWHC 2503 (Comm) the Commercial Court...
View ArticleISSUE-BASED COSTS ORDERS
In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 7 cities – details and booking form here. In Welsh v Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust (Costs) [2018] EWHC 2491 (QB) the Queen’s...
View ArticleLIQUIDATION: INDIVIDUALS BEHIND LIMITED COMPANY: INDUCING BREACH OF CONTRACT...
In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 7 cities – details and booking form here. In Palmer Birch (A Partnership) v Lloyd [2018] EWHC 2316 (TCC) the Technology and...
View ArticlePART 36: TWO NEW DECISIONS
In October I am delivering my new course – Getting the Retainer Right – in 7 cities – details and booking form here. In Bentley Design Consultants Ltd v Sansom [2018] EWHC 2238 (TCC) (29 August 2018)...
View ArticlePART 36: THREE NEW DECISIONS
No Interim Costs Payment In Finnegan v Frank Spiers (t/a Frank Spiers Licensed Conveyancers) [2018] EWHC 3064 (Ch) (27 June 2018) the Chancery Division of the High Court held that the court has no...
View ArticleENTITLEMENT TO ISSUE FOR COSTS ONLY
In Ayton v RSM Bentley Jennison and Ors [2018] EWHC 2851 (QB) the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court ordered a defendant to pay costs where terms of settlement of damages had been agreed before...
View ArticleINDEMNITY COSTS ON DISCONTINUANCE
In Hosking and another v Apax Partners LLP and others [2018] EWHC 2732 (Ch) (18 October 2018) the Chancery Division of the High Court awarded indemnity costs against claimants who, suddenly and...
View ArticleNO GENERAL RIGHT TO CHARGE BEFORE END OF CASE
In Gill v Heer Manak Solicitors [2018] EWHC 2881 (QB) (30 October 2018) the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court held that a firm of solicitors which ceased trading and terminated a client’s...
View ArticleDATA PROTECTION AND LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE AND THE SOLICITORS ACT 1974
Given the number of enquiries I get about this subject, I thought it would be useful to post this blog on this subject. In relation to the Data Protection Act 1998 Schedule 7, paragraph 10 provides...
View ArticleSECURITY FOR COSTS
This piece, in slightly different form, first appeared on the Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog. ATE Insurance; Shareholder Funding There has been a number of recent cases in relation to security...
View ArticleWASTED COSTS AND LITIGANTS IN PERSON
In Ogiehor v Belinfantie [2018] EWCA Civ 2423 the Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge’s decision to make a wasted costs order against a litigant in person who had deliberately disclosed to the trial...
View ArticleNOVATION/ASSIGNMENT OF CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENTS: ANOTHER CASE
In Warren v Hill Dickinson LLP [2018] EWHC 3322 (QB) (30 November 2018) the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court refused boxing promoter Frank Warren permission to appeal against a Costs’ Master’s...
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