Housemaker Services Ltd v Cole [2017] EWHC 924 (Ch)

A case concerning the circumstance when a costs order will be made against a director personally There are circumstance when the Court can exercise its discretion and award the costs of litigation against a non-party. In this case a dissolved company (the Claimant) sought a limitation direction in order to recover disputed invoices rendered to…

Jago v Whitbread

A case in which costs were slashed as a result of poor conduct on the part of the receiving party during cost litigation. When I studied Civil Litigation on my LPC, I had already been drafting Bills of Costs for almost 2 years, though I didn’t consider myself particularly experienced. I was surprised therefore, when…

Choudhury v Markerstudy

A case which sheds light on when litigation services are deemed to have commenced and the impact this has on retainers At the end of March 2013, many clients were signed up by Claimant solicitor practices in order that they be able to fund their claim via pre-LASPO arrangements. Most significantly allowing for the recovery…