Articles - DAC Beachcroft

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Personal injury costs recovery and the retreat from Cartwright, Ho and Harrison

Personal injury costs recovery and the retreat from Cartwright, Ho and Harrison

CPR 44.14(1) amendments For personal injury cases with issued proceedings on or after 6 April 2023, amendments will apply to the application of Qualif ...

Court of Appeal endorses fixed costs avoidance

Court of Appeal endorses fixed costs avoidance

In a surprising decision, the Court of Appeal in Doyle v M&D Foundations & Building Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 927 have endorsed avoidance o ...

Circuit Judge dismisses appeal and upholds laser hair removal fixed costs decision

Circuit Judge dismisses appeal and upholds laser hair removal fixed costs decision

An appeal of a Regional Costs Judge’s decision to reduce a costs claim of over £42,000 to £6,005  has been successfully dismissed. The underlying clai ...

Pure Legal Limited Enters Administration

Pure Legal Limited Enters Administration

On 2 November 2021, Pure Legal Limited, alongside a number of other companies within the Pure Business Group, was placed into Administration by an Ord ...

Will the next costs war be the 'battle of the bands'?

Will the next costs war be the 'battle of the bands'?

On 6 September 2021 the Government finally published a response to the consultation on the so-called 'Jackson 2' reforms. Sir Rupert Jackson made a se ...

HO v ADELEKUN: Supreme Court ruling to cause counterintuitive and unfair results for proceedings involving Qualified One-way Costs Shifting

HO v ADELEKUN: Supreme Court ruling to cause counterintuitive and unfair results for proceedings involving Qualified One-way Costs Shifting

In a startling decision that will provide ‘counterintuitive and unfair results’, the Supreme Court has significantly shifted the practical application ...

Data Breach Costs And The Small Claims Track – Disrupting The Gravy Train

Data Breach Costs And The Small Claims Track – Disrupting The Gravy Train

It is common-place for straightforward lower value claims issued in the High Court for data breach to be transferred to the County Court and allocated ...

Medical Agency Costs Ruled Irrecoverable Under The Fixed Costs Regime

Medical Agency Costs Ruled Irrecoverable Under The Fixed Costs Regime

Deputy District Judge Akers, sitting in the County Court at St. Helens, has given a judgment in a fixed costs case, Powles v Hemmings F20YM309 (23rd A ...

What hourly rate can a lawyer recover in 2021?

What hourly rate can a lawyer recover in 2021?

In this article, we consider the current decisions calling for revised Guideline Hourly Rates when assessing costs and look ahead to what the outcome ...

Claimant Unreasonably Exiting The Portal – Costs Penalty Applied

Claimant Unreasonably Exiting The Portal – Costs Penalty Applied

In the case of Foley v Radinex, DAC Beachcroft have successfully challenged a claim for post-issue fixed costs and obtained a costs order securing a f ...