Kathryn Regan Hot on the heels of guidance agreed by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and the Forum of Insurance Lawyers and a protocol agreed between the Association of British Insurers and Thompsons Solicitors, aimed at opposing parties acting more cooperatively during this period of change and uncertainty, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed…
Rebecca Mogford Uncertain times? “Do what can be done safely” is the message from the Courts. The Lord Chief Justice has issued guidance which makes it clear that the default position is that Hearings should take place by video or telephone. Furthermore, he believes the rules in both the Civil and Family Courts are…
Jack Andrew Turner -v- Cole The question of whether it is possible to contract out of fixed costs and whether such phrases as ‘costs payable on a standard basis’ or ‘reasonable costs’, constitute any such parties’ intentions, has rumbled on for a number of years in costs litigation. However, one of the latest cases on…
Lindsay Woolford Following the recent publication of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee Minutes from December 2019, it is welcome news that Guideline Hourly Rates look set to be reviewed given that they were last updated nearly ten years ago. This follows the recent decision of Mrs Justice O’Farrell in Ohpen Operations UK Ltd…
Terri Shepherd-Taylor The question of whether a hearing fee is recoverable when a Claimant was eligible for a remission, but a fee remission was never considered, was recently dealt with on appeal in the case of Ivanoy v Lubble. The Circuit Judge had to consider many issues in reaching the decision as to…
Retainer Jessica Wiggins – Deputy Head of Costs Get your retainer in order from the outset and review it as the case progresses to ensure it continues to cover the action – this is particularly relevant for commercial clients where the initial retainer may only cover a specific piece of work but the case progresses and…
Joining our team in Manchester, MRN Solicitors are happy to welcome our newest Costs Solicitor, Muzna Nadim. After completing her LPC at the University of Law in 2013 Muzna worked as an in-house costs solicitor, gaining experience in a number of areas, including preparing budgets, budget discussion reports, bills of costs, and points of…
Anna Lockyer Ohpen Operations Ltd v Invesco Fund Managers Ltd O’Farrell J described the lack of change to hourly rates since 2010 as “unsatisfactory” when summarily assessing costs in an application in the case of Ohpen Operations Ltd v Invesco Fund Managers Ltd [2019] EWHC 2504 (TCC). An increase to Senior Courts Costs Office…
Gemma Taylor Orexim Trading Ltd v Mahavir Port And Terminal Private Ltd At MRN we are forever conscious of our clients’ requirements for regular payments on account owing to internal targets and in general pursuance of harmonious cash flow. The recent welcome but novel decision in the case of Orexim Trading Ltd v Mahavir Port…
Joining our team at Leeds, Victoria Yeomans is our newest Costs Solicitor & Senior Costs Draftsman and brings with her experience of almost two decades in costs litigation. Working in the costs sector since 1998, Victoria has spent her career building her knowledge across the country in a variety of personal injury, clinical negligence,…