Lee Jeffries The Solicitor-Client Retainer is one of the most important documents in a costs assessment. It is vital that the legal representative ensures that the terms of a retainer are suitable and give rise to an enforceable agreement between the Solicitor and Client, which covers the work to be carried out and which will…
Lindsay Woolford Costs will be assessed in the majority of cases on the standard basis where the Court will resolve any areas of doubt in favour of the Paying Party, and the Court will only allow those costs which it deems to be reasonably and proportionately incurred and proportionate to the matters in issue. Where…
To what extent and when should Counsel’s brief fee be recoverable where a matter settles shortly before a hearing? The issue was recently considered in a challenge to a detailed assessment in Hugh Cartwright & Amin v Devoy-Williams and another [2018] EWHC 1692 (QB) (4 July 2018) (Davies J). The case involved a dispute over an…