MPs defeat challenge to CFA regulations as latest changes to CPR are published

By Toby Moreton, Costs Lawyer (regulated by the CLSB) · Published 8 November 2014 · Updated 24 May 2026

JBX v Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (Costs) [2026] EWHC 2525 (KB)

Defendant Made No Part 36 Offer | Late Counsel Offers Came After Most Costs Had Been Incurred | Claimant Recovers 85% Despite Losing Main Issue

06/10/2026 No Comments

Essendi UK Hotels 2 Limited v London Property Company Limited (Preliminary issue Part 36 CPR)

Trial Judge May Be Told The Date Of A Part 36 Offer | Date Falls Within The Fact Of The Offer, Not Its Terms

02/10/2026 No Comments

Joanna Lemos & Ors v Church Bay Trust Company & Ors

CPR 47.20(1)(b) Addresses Entitlement To Assessment Costs | It Does Not Redirect Who Pays An Agreed Liability

02/10/2026 No Comments

Section 29(2) Trustee Act 2000 written agreement requirement for executor charging, SCCO costs assessment decision

Acknowledging Costs Information Is Not Written Agreement | SCCO Finds No Right To Charge Under Section 29(2)

02/10/2026 No Comments

Gary Jones v Persons Unknown [2026] EWCA Civ 1212

Court Of Appeal Doubts Whether Costs Can Be Paid In Bitcoin | Unargued Crypto Costs Orders Risk Over-Compensating The Payee

30/09/2026 No Comments

Two copper taps fed from a single brass pipe junction, illustrating entitlement to costs versus the source of funds under CPR 47.20

CPR 47.20(1) Decides Who Is Entitled to the Costs of Assessment, Not Where the Money Comes From | Detailed Assessment Is Not New Proceedings

27/09/2026 No Comments

Wasted costs application procedural requirements under CPR 46.8 and FPR 28.2 in Family Court financial remedies proceedings

Wasted Costs Applications | The Practical Necessity Of A Costs Schedule

18/08/2026 No Comments

Chancery Division refuses retrospective costs budget increase under CPR 3.15A despite mutual consent of parties

Agreed Budget Variation Refused | Mutual Consent Intensifies, Not Reduces, Retrospective Scrutiny

18/08/2026 No Comments

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

Key Findings In The Case

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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