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Solicitor retainer struck out for abandonment under indemnity principle, CPR 44.11 misconduct, SCCO detailed assessment costs

Retainer Termination Without Good Reason | Unenforceability And The Indemnity Principle

12/08/2026 No Comments

High Court costs budgeting overspend payment on account CPR 44.3(3) indemnity basis reasonable costs interim payment order

Payment on Account Percentage Where Budgets Are Massively Exceeded | Overspend By Paying Party As Evidence Costs Were Reasonably Incurred

01/08/2026 No Comments

Indemnity costs after discontinuance under CPR 38.6 where claimants failed to prosecute claim before trial in Chancery Division

Indemnity Costs After Discontinuance And Apportionment Of Costs Liability Between Multiple Claimants

24/07/2026 No Comments

Court of Appeal costs decision under CPR 44.2 where successful party deprived of costs due to reprehensible conduct

A Costs Sanction Can Be Both Remedial And Punitive Where Proportionate | Carl v Limbani In The Court of Appeal

08/07/2026 No Comments

Court of Appeal ruling in Ward v Rai on points of dispute compliance with PD 47 paragraph 8.2 and Ainsworth in detailed assessment proceedings

Non-Compliant Points Of Dispute Risk Strike Out Or Costs Sanctions | Court Of Appeal Warning In Ward v Rai

02/07/2026 No Comments

Indemnity costs under CPR 44.5(a) for conduct intended to deceive court with sham declarations, Chancery Division ruling

Indemnity Costs Awarded Against Professional Parties Who Engaged In Conduct Intended To Deceive the Court | Complicity in Sham Documents

02/07/2026 No Comments

SCCO ruling on solicitor's duty to investigate before the event insurance under Solicitors Act 1974 section 70 assessment

Duty To Investigate BTE Insurance | Adequacy Of Enquiries And Recoverability Of Success Fees As Between Solicitor And Client

21/06/2026 No Comments

High Court KB decision on apportioning interim costs payment under CPR 44.2(8) where overlapping issues prevent separation

Interim Payment on Account of Costs | A Court May Accept A Total Costs Statement With A Percentage Apportionment Where Overlapping Issues Make Clean Separation Impossible

17/06/2026 No Comments

High Court costs order under CPR 44.2 where interwoven issues and mixed outcomes preclude issue-based costs allocation

CPR 44.2(6)(f) | Costs In The Case Where Interwoven Issues And No Clear Winner Precludes Issue-Based Or Percentage Orders

15/06/2026 No Comments

Chancery Division ruling on stay of enforcement application under CPR 83.7 and Senior Courts Act 1981 section 49(2)

Enforcement Of Costs Orders Not Stayed Merely Because Related Proceedings Remain on Appeal

15/06/2026 No Comments

Court of Appeal costs order under CPR 44.2 where both parties dishonest: costs follow the event principle applies

Court of Appeal Substitutes A 50% Standard-Basis Costs Order Following A 15-Day Trial Marked By Dishonesty On Both Sides

12/06/2026 No Comments

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The new regulations governing conditional fee agreements (CFAs) cleared their final hurdle yesterday after the government defeated a last-ditch Labour challenge to them.

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High Court costs budget appeal struck out applying Denton test and CPR compliance rules in King's Bench Division case

Application To Reinstate Two Appeals Struck Out At 4.01 pm Fails In The High Court As Their “Very Weak” Merits Weigh Against Relief At Denton Stage Three

12/06/2026

Commercial Court debarring order for non-payment of costs under CPR 3.1(3)(b) and case management jurisdiction principles

Debarring A Party For Unpaid Costs Rests On Case Management Powers Under CPR 3.1(3)(b), Not The Hadkinson Jurisdiction

10/06/2026

High Court Administrative Court ruling on costs applications in academic judicial review claims with alternative remedies

Permission Is Not Needed To Pursue Costs Where A Judicial Review Has Been Overtaken By Events

10/06/2026

Chancery Division reserves costs to trial judge following mixed outcome on interim injunction and enforcement applications

All Costs Reserved To Trial Judge After ‘Plainly Necessary’ Mixed-Outcome Hearing

09/06/2026

TCC awards indemnity costs for unreasonable litigation conduct including inadequate pleadings and abandoned allegations

Highly Unreasonable Conduct Forfeits Any Right to Challenge The Winner’s Costs On Proportionality Grounds

08/06/2026

CPR Part 3 costs management hearing addressing proportionality of legal fees to expert fees in group litigation, King's Bench

High Court Cuts Claimants’ Expert-Phase Budgets, Holding Legal Fees Should Not Be ‘anywhere close to twice the amount of the expert fees’

04/06/2026