LATE ACCEPTANCE OF PART 36 OFFER NOT EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN FIXED COSTS...
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View ArticlePART 36 COVERS SUBSEQUENT CLAIMS: HERTEL DISTINGUISHED
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View ArticleCOSTS LAWYERS CAN DELEGATE WORK TO STAFF
The matters dealt with in this piece are examined in great detail in my three volume, 1,300 page book Personal Injury Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs – price £50 and available from Underwoods...
View ArticleCOUNTY COURTS INTEREST BROUGHT IN LINE WITH HIGH COURT
Kerry Underwood offers consultancy services in relation to this and other matters and details are here. The County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) (Amendment) Order 2019 was laid before...
View ArticleHIGH COURT MAKES COSTS ORDER IN FOREIGN CURRENCY
In Cathay Pacific Airlines Ltd v Lufthansa Technik AG [2019] EWHC 715 (Ch) the High Court held, for the first time, that costs orders can be made in a foreign currency, and the judgment gives useful...
View ArticleCLINICAL NEGLIGENCE/DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL: SIR RUPERT JACKSON’S PROPOSAL
This piece is published on this blog by kind permission of Sir Rupert Jackson and reflects a speech given at the Medico-Legal Conference on 16 May 2019, at which I also spoke. MEDICAL ERRORS: SANCTIONS...
View ArticlePERSONAL INJURY AND CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS: COURT OF APPEAL GUIDANCE
These principles, and the whole issue of Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting, is dealt with in my book – Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting, Section 57 and Set-Off – Available from me here for £15. Kerry...
View ArticlePART 36: UNJUST FOR CONSEQUENCES TO BE TRIGGERED
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View ArticleCOURT MAY ORDER INTERIM PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF QUANTUM COSTS BEFORE QUANTUM...
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View ArticleCOURT OF APPEAL SLASHES SOLICITOR’S COSTS OF COSTS BY 92.82%
Kerry Underwood offers consultancy services in relation to this and other matters and details are here. In Jofa Ltd & Anor v Benherst Finance Ltd & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 899 (24 May 2019) the...
View ArticleFUNDAMENTAL DISHONESTY: NO NEED FOR DAMAGES HEARING
These principles, and the whole issue of Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting, is dealt with in my book – Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting, Section 57 and Set-Off – Available from me here for £15. Kerry...
View ArticleEMPLOYMENT: COURT OF APPEAL CLARIFIES WHEN A “DISPUTE HAS ARISEN” FOR...
Kerry Underwood offers consultancy services in relation to this and other matters and details are here. In Merinson v Yukos International UK BV and others [2019] EWCA Civ 830 (15 May 2019) the Court of...
View Article“APPROPRIATE COURT” TO IMPOSE CHARGING ORDER OVER FUNDS PAID INTO COURT...
Kerry Underwood offers consultancy services in relation to this and other matters and details are here. In A v B [2019] EWHC 953 (Comm) (15 March 2019) the Commercial Court granted a judgment creditor...
View ArticlePART 36: ADDITIONAL AMOUNT DOES NOT ATTRACT INTEREST
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View ArticlePART 36: UNJUST TO AWARD DAMAGES UPLIFT WHERE OFFER DEALT ONLY WITH HOURLY...
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View ArticleINSOLVENCY ROUND-UP LATEST
This piece, in slightly different form, first appeared on the Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog. Insolvency and Companies Court (ICC): New ICC Interim Applications Court On 25 April 2019 the...
View ArticleJUDICIAL REVIEW COSTS CAPPING APPLICATION SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED NOTICE OF...
Kerry Underwood offers consultancy services in relation to this and other matters and details are here. In R (Harvey) v Leighton Linslade Town Council [2019] EWHC 760 (Admin) (15 February 2019) the...
View ArticlePART 36: WITHDRAWAL OF ORIGINAL OFFER
The matters dealt with in this piece are examined in great detail in my three volume, 1,300 page book Personal Injury Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs – price £50 and available from Underwoods...
View ArticleEXTENDING FIXED RECOVERABLE COSTS IN CIVIL CASES: THE JACKSON PROPOSALS:...
This is the government Consultation Paper dealing with the proposal to introduce fixed recoverable costs for virtually all civil claims with a value of £100,000 or less. As it stands, this is due to...
View ArticleWRITTEN SUBMISSION FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF HER MAJESTY’S DISTRICT JUDGES TO...
I set out below extracts from the written submissions of the Association of Her Majesty’s District Judges to the Justice Committee of the House of Commons, and I also give links to two of Gordon Exall...
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