Tag: costs management

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26 February 2014

Costs budgeting to be extended to cases below £10 million in all courts

The current exceptions to the mandatory costs budgeting regime are set to be replaced by an exception for claims of over £10 million across all …

27 November 2013

Court of Appeal sends clear message on need for strict compliance in Mitchell decision

In its decision handed down this morning in the high-profile Mitchell case, the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against tough sanctions imposed …

22 October 2013

High Court comments on "obvious case" for departing from costs budget

In ordering a defendant to make an interim payment on account of the successful claimant's costs, the High Court has awarded a sum considerably higher …

11 October 2013

High Court declines to approve parties' costs budgets, describing them as disproportionate and unreasonable

The High Court has declined to make a costs management order, saying that both parties' budgets were disproportionate and unreasonable but the court had …

27 August 2013

High Court imposes severe sanction for failure to file costs budget

Where a claimant failed to file a costs budget by the required date, the court (Master McCloud) ordered that the claimant should be treated as …

26 June 2013

Consultation on extending costs management to Commercial Court and higher value claims in other business courts

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee has set up a sub-committee to advise on whether to retain the current exceptions to the mandatory costs …

18 June 2013

Another High Court decision indicating strict approach to departures from costs budgets

A decision handed down last week further indicates the strict approach the courts are likely to apply where costs budgets are exceeded: Elvanite Full …

05 June 2013

Court of Appeal comments on court's approach to costs management

In granting permission to appeal against a costs management order made under the pilot scheme in the Leeds Mercantile Court, the Court of …

19 April 2013

High Court decision indicates strict line on revision of costs budgets

The High Court has considered the circumstances in which a costs budget, which has been approved by the court as part of a costs management order, …

22 February 2013

New exception to costs management procedures for commercial claims over £2 million

The new "costs management” procedures that are being introduced for multi-track cases commenced on or after 1 April 2013 will not apply to cases in the …

29 January 2013

Court of Appeal allows departure from court approved costs budget in controversial decision

The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of the Senior Costs Judge that there was "no good reason" to depart from the claimant’s approved …

22 May 2012

"No good reason" to depart from court approved costs budget

In what is thought to be the first costs management pilot case to proceed to detailed assessment, the court has held that there was no good reason to …