Guideline Hourly Rates: The new figures in force from 1st January 2024 By Adam Burrell On the 17th November 2023 it was announced that the 2021 Guideline Hourly Rates would be uplifted…
Personal injury costs recovery and the retreat from Cartwright, Ho and Harrison By Adam Burrell CPR 44…
Court of Appeal endorses fixed costs avoidance By Adam Burrell In a surprising decision, the Court of Appeal in Doyle v M&D Foundations & Building…
Circuit Judge dismisses appeal and upholds laser hair removal fixed costs decision By Adam Burrell An appeal of a Regional Costs Judge’s decision to reduce a costs claim of over £42,000 to £6,005 …
Pure Legal Limited Enters Administration By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill, David Williams, Adam Burrell On 2 November 2021, Pure Legal Limited, alongside a number of other companies within the Pure…
Will the next costs war be the 'battle of the bands'? By Adam Burrell On 6 September 2021 the Government finally published a response to the consultation on the…
HO v ADELEKUN: Supreme Court ruling to cause counterintuitive and unfair results for proceedings involving Qualified One-way Costs Shifting By Adam Burrell In a startling decision that will provide ‘counterintuitive and unfair results’, the Supreme Court…
Data Breach Costs And The Small Claims Track – Disrupting The Gravy Train By Adam Burrell It is common-place for straightforward lower value claims issued in the High Court for data breach…
Medical Agency Costs Ruled Irrecoverable Under The Fixed Costs Regime By Kate Archer, Cassandra Mitchell, Adam Burrell Deputy District Judge Akers, sitting in the County Court at St…
What hourly rate can a lawyer recover in 2021? By Adam Burrell In this article, we consider the current decisions calling for revised Guideline Hourly Rates when…
Claimant Unreasonably Exiting The Portal – Costs Penalty Applied By Adam Burrell In the case of Foley v Radinex, DAC Beachcroft have successfully challenged a claim for post-issue…
HO v ADELEKUN II – claimant denied licence to litigate without risk by Court of Appeal By Adam Burrell The pitfalls surrounding ‘Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting’ and costs off-setting were once again…
High Court Judge Slashes Claimants’ Budget By More Than Half By Adam Burrell Mr Justice Turner has reduced the claimants’ disputed future budgeted costs in the British Steel…
High Court Judge ignores claimant’s ‘mind-boggling’ budget By Adam Burrell, DACB have successfully challenged a claimant’s cost budget of almost £1million, obtaining an order…
What happens to budgeted costs if phases are not complete? By Adam Burrell A Regional Costs Judge has added to the growing body of conflicting decisions concerning the…
How should costs arguments be resolved in Low Value Protocol claims? By Adam Burrell, David Williams, Peter Allchorne Following the introduction of the Low Value Protocols, in which costs are fixed for claims…