Rebecca Mogford West -v- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust The Judgment has provided eagerly-awaited clarity in relation to the assessment of the reasonableness and proportionality of ATE premiums in cases brought post LASPO. We have seen a significant number of cases stayed pending this decision, we are hopeful that this decision will now draw a…
Rebecca Mogford West & Demouilpied v Stockport NHS Foundation Trust New test? We say “new”, we are actually now 6 years post LASPO and 6 years since the implementation of the “new” proportionality test. We have had limited guidance in those 6 years but an awful lot of frustration regarding the inconsistency and different…
Jack Andrew Since 1st April 2013, costs litigation has been a rollercoaster, with several wide-ranging changes being made from fixed costs, cost budgeting, electronic billing and QWOCs, to name just a few. As such, dates have been permanently etched in practitioner’s minds, and, from a cursory glance at Linkedin and prominent commentators on the…
Avi Dolties XDE v North Middlesex University Hospital Trust [2019] EWHC 1482 (QB) The claim arose from a delay in the diagnosis of the Claimant’s meningitis with devastating consequences. The issues of liability and causation were concluded by agreement in July 2016 on the basis of a 98%/2% apportionment. Following the agreement in respect…
David Knowles Seekings and another v Moores and others [2019] EWHC 1476 (Comm) (7 June 2019) The above judgment relates to a Defendant’s Application for an upward revision of its Budget of approximately £130,000 for what it considered to be a significant development in the action. The litigation arises from the parties’ involvement in…
Jessica Wiggins YZ (a protected party proceeding by way of her litigation friend) v Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC B4 (Costs) (11 April 2019). The question of whether or not it was reasonable for the Claimant to have moved from Legal Aid funding to CFA funding came before Master Gordon Saker in…
Helen Appleby Ainsworth v Stewarts Law LLP [2019] 2 WLUK 407 (26 February 2019) I have been working in legal costs now for over 10 years. In that time I have, as many of you will appreciate, seen numerous changes to the Law and procedure that we all, as professionals, are obliged to follow.…
Terri Shepherd-Taylor East Sussex Fire And Rescue Service v Austin [2019] EWHC 1455 (QB) This action arose from a firework explosion which happened on a farm on 3rd December 2006. Due to a large fire, the assistance of the emergency services were required. During the course of the emergency response, a large cache of…
Lindsay Woolford Zurich Insurance Plc –v- Romaine [2019] EWCA Civ 851 A recent Court of Appeal decision has found that a Judge was wrong to ignore the tactics of “unscrupulous” Claimants and Lawyers, and has granted an Insurer permission to bring Committal Proceedings against a Claimant who had allegedly made knowingly false statements of…
Jack Andrew AssetCo PLC -v- Grant Thornton UK LLP [2019] EWHC 592 (Comm) While already a case of interest for any cost practitioner, given the requirement for electronic billing was dispensed with by the High Court. A further investigation of the case reveals perhaps a more interesting aspect concerning Part 36, and what happens…