Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 792 A highly anticipated Judgment which confirms the principles established in Merrix v Heart of England, regarding the relationship between Cost Management and Detailed Assessment Within the Merrix judgment handed down earlier this year (article available here), Justice Carr acknowledged that her decision…
Shaw v Medtronic & Others [2017] EWHC 1397(QB) A case which shows the difficulty in overcoming QOCS when a claim is discontinued QOCS has been in place now for four years, however it remains one of the most misunderstood principles in modern legal costs. CPR 44.13(1) provides the scope of QOCS: ‘(1) This Section applies…
Master Logan Prescott v The Trustees of the Pencarrow 2012 Maintenance Fund A case which confirms the scope of the fixed costs regimes, closes a possible loophole in respect of the regimes and provides insight into how the judiciary deal with statutory interpretation. Imagine a claim which falls under the definition of an RTA under…