Daily Archives: 14th November 2022

Solicitors Act cases are like buses – we wait a while for one and then a number turn up at once…

Cost NewsBy Rebecca Mogford 14th November 2022

Rebecca Mogford First we had Belsner, then we were swiftly followed by the case of Karatysz v SGI Legal LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 1388 which I think we can safely say gave more practical guidance to Solicitors. A further re-affirming of the view in Belsner was made in this Judgment regarding the unsatisfactory view of…

The White Book – wrong on this occasion, says the Court

Cost NewsBy Matthew Waring 14th November 2022

Matthew Waring Dance v East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2022] EWHC 2198 (SCCO) It has been a while since most Practitioners have had arguments regarding the recoverability of After the Event Insurance Premiums. As a general concept, when the law changed in 2013, the arguments from paying parties regarding the recoverability…