Daily Archives: 13th April 2018

Relief from Sanctions refused on the grounds of Prejudice to the Paying Party

Cost NewsBy Helen Appleby 13th April 2018

Springer (Personal Representative of The Estate of Wayne Anthony Springer (Deceased)) v University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 436 This is a very prominent Judgement where the Court of Appeal, in considering a second appeal against an order of a Deputy District Judge, dismissed the appeal against an order refusing the claimant…

Extension of Fixed Costs to Holiday Sickness Claims

Cost NewsBy Lindsay Woolford 13th April 2018

It has today been confirmed that Fixed Recoverable Costs will now also be extended to Holiday Sickness Claims. The Government requested that the Civil Procedure Rule Committee reviewed the position last year to look at bringing Holiday Sickness Claims within the Fixed Recoverable Costs Regime, following the Travel Industry’s Campaign for review, similar to that…