Kathryn Regan, Rebecca Mogford Rattan v Carter-Ruck There has been a significant increase in legal commentary on Solicitor own Client costs and the challenges being advanced by both Solicitors and lay Clients alike recently. In the case of Rattan v Carter-Ruck, Master Leonard dealt with two Applications and his decisions will be of interest…
We asked Kathryn Regan, one of our Costs Experts, to take some time out of her very busy schedule working across 3 screens, for her views on what it’s like to work at MRN Solicitors What is your job title? Costs Lawyer & Advocate What type of work do you do at MRN…
Kathryn Regan Herbert -v- HH Law [2019] EWCA Civ 527 Following the amendments brought in by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, there has been a sharp rise in the number of Solicitor-Own client assessments. The latest development has come in the form of the Court of Appeal’s decision in…
Kathryn Regan Warren v Hill Dickinson LLP [2019] EWHC B1 (Costs) (23 January 2019) Can a Solicitor obtain an interim payment on a statute bill being disputed by their own client in circumstances where they have applied for assessment within one month of delivery of the bill? Master Leonard has found they can. The…
Slade (t/a Richard Slade And Co) v Abbhi [2018] EWHC 2039 (Comm) Following a three-day Trial, the High Court found in favour of a Solicitor in respect of the terms of an oral agreement. With the benefit of hindsight, the Solicitor might have preferred to have put the agreement in writing. Background of…
LINK UP MITAKA LIMITED trading as THEBIGWORD -v- LANGUAGE EMPIRE LIMITED & YASAR ZAMAN The Rules Section IV of CPR 45 provides for scale costs for claims in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court. The practice direction sets out the maximum amount that can be awarded at each stage in the proceedings. However, CPR 45.30…
Hislop –v- Perde The Court of Appeal have finally provided clarification on the important question of whether, in a claim which begins on the Low Value Protocol but later exits and settlement is reached upon the Defendant accepting a Part 36 offer out of time, the Claimant is still only entitled to fixed costs. Unfortunately…