Dammermann v Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors [2017] EWCA Civ 269 A case which clarifies the circumstance required to establish that a party has acted unreasonably on the Small Claims Track, thereby incurring a costs liability Subject to certain exceptions, the standard position when a claim is allocated to the small claims track is that ‘the court…
A number of issues were considered by Lord Justice Patten in the Court of Appeal in the case of Gore v Naheed [2017] EWCA 369. This was a case in which the Defendant appealed a decision against the damages awarded against them and granting an injunction in relation to a right of way over neighbouring properties.…
The RBS Rights Issue Litigation is a highly unusual and interesting case whereby the Claimant shareholders of the Royal Bank of Scotland are seeking to recover losses incurred relating to investments following the collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland shares on the grounds that the prospectus for the 2008 rights issue of shares in Royal…
Asghar v Bhatti Queen’s Bench Division A surprising decision to allow updates to be made to a court fees only cost budget where a ‘significant development’ had occurred…. Currently the position outlined within the CPR is that Court fees only will be allowed if a Cost Budget is not filed or is filed out of…