It has become clear in recent years that orders for interim costs are vital in long running and high costs cases. Effective cash flow management has become even more important during the current coronavirus outbreak which have placed an additional strain on the income of solicitors. The entitlement to interim costs has been the subject…
Hands up if you are already fed up with talk of the dreaded coronavirus. It almost makes you nostalgic for Brexit – well maybe not! But joking apart, this is a time when many solicitors firms are rightly concerned about the next few months. How will they cope with sickness, self-isolation, sending staff home to…
In a case reported in Litigation Futures, a medical expert has been ordered to pay costs of £89,000. Remarkably the expert, Mr Jamil was “wholly unable to articulate the test to be applied in determining breach of duty in a clinical negligence case” Unfit expert hit with £89k third-party costs order In another case there…
A recent case in the Court of Appeal has clarified part of the Law Society’s Model Conditional Fee Agreement. This is the section that deals with a client’s failure to accept advice from the solicitor in relation to settlement. Paragraph 7 (iii) (b) of the agreement includes the following – (iii) We can end this…