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Court Fee Remission: Where are we now? Our Melanie Pearson provides some clarity on a topic which continues to provide some confusion...please visit bit.ly/3ii6DMx #courtfees #courtfeeremission #litigation

12 Days of Costmas Day 12 Looking Ahead to Costs Developments in the Future Next year looks likely to be another busy period for developments within the world of costs...to read more from our Kris Kilsby, please visit bit.ly/3Fbah4F #FRC #Costsdevelopments

12 Days of #Costmas Day 11 No Costs Statement = Santa’s/the Court’s Naughty List – Mahandru -v- Nielson [2021] EWHC 2297 (QB) A Defendant had their costs substantially reduced as they failed to file a costs statement... please visit bit.ly/3meyFef bit.ly/32nkOeU

12 Days of #Costmas Day 11 No Costs Statement = Santa’s/the Court’s Naughty List – Mahandru -v- Nielson [2021] EWHC 2297 (QB) A Defendant had their costs of the Application substantially reduced as they failed to file a costs statement... please visit bit.ly/32nkOeU

12 Days of #Costmas Day 10 Extension of Fixed Recoverable Costs In Sept 2021 the MOJ released the Government’s response to the Extension of the FRC regime for claims up to the value of £100,000.00...to read more about this from our Kris Kilsby, visit bit.ly/3FbO3zP #FRC

12 Days of #Costmas Day 9 Failure to File Costs Budget Led to Court Fees Only This Costmas blog looks at the case of Pasricha -v- Pasricha (Rev 1) [2021] EWHC 1017 (Ch)... to read more about this from our Karl Robson, please visit bit.ly/3FaKERC #CostsBudget #CostBudget

12 Days of #Costmas Day 8 Detailed Assessment Costs Earlier in the year I prepared an article on the case of Mullaraj v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021]... Please visit bit.ly/3pIrex3 to read more from our Kris Kilsby. #detailedassessmentcosts

12 Days of #Costmas Day 7 Ho Ho Ho: Clarification on QOCS – An Early Christmas Present? The case of Ho -v- Adelekun [2021] UKSC 43 confirmed whether a Defendant in a QOCS case was able to set off cost orders in its favour ... visit bit.ly/3lVYHDb to read more... #QOCS

12 Days of #Costmas Day 6 Fixed Costs Case Law In light of the recent consultation on the extension of fixed costs to higher value claims it is important to continue to note the potential escape routes from fixed costs... visit bit.ly/31MoTJl to read more... #fixedcosts

12 Days of #Costmas Day 5 All I want for Christmas is… Clarity on DBAs? This year saw further clarification regarding the use of DBAs in the form of the case of Zuberi -v- Lexlaw [2021] EWCA Civ 16 ... to read more on this from Karl Robson, visit bit.ly/3oGPD6F #DBA

12 Days of #Costmas Day 4 Part 36 Round-Up The importance of a good Part 36 offer on a case can never be understated. Please visit bit.ly/3dEDh8Z to read more from our Kris Kilsby. #Part36offer

12 Days of #Costmas Day 3 Informed Consent Hangover – SGI Legal LLP -v- Karatysz This case involved facts remarkably similar to those in Belsner – to read more about this judgement by our Karl Robson, please visit bit.ly/3Eyjioq

12 Days of #Costmas Day 2 Hourly Rates and the Indemnity Principle The first change in the Guideline Hourly Rates in more than a decade consisted of a number of different changes...visit bit.ly/3xY8VaX to read more from our Kris Kilsby. #Guidelinehourlyrates

It's that time of year again folks! It's the 12 days of #Costmas! Day 1 Precedent Christmas T(ree) – Good Reason to Depart - what amounts to “good reason” to depart from a #CostsBudget... please visit bit.ly/3osvz88 to read more from our Karl Robson #PrecedentT

It's #toptiptuesday with Karl & Indie 🐶! Karl is talking about Health & Welfare costs this week. For property & affairs Deputyships, work re: health/welfare issues will only be allowed in the most exceptional circumstances. Visit bit.ly/2TaLZoE to read more...

It's #toptiptuesday with Karl & Indie 🐶! This week it's Costs Draftsman's fees & Short Form Bills... bit.ly/3c18v9V

As you know our colleague Karl is doing a series of vlogs highlighting his top tips for COP costs. Here is his 2nd top tip regarding the delegation of a Deputy’s duties… We hope you find it informative! bit.ly/3quxgjO