by Darcey | Oct 9, 2026 | Case Law
Nigeria v P&ID: Why Counsel’s £2000 Hourly Rate Was Cut to £825 In the costs proceedings between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Process & Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID), Costs Judge Brown reduced the hourly rate claimed for leading counsel from...
by Darcey | Oct 9, 2026 | Case Law
Spicer v Greene King: What the Costs Padding Warning Means for Success Fee Deductions In Spicer v Greene King Brewing and Retailing Ltd [2026] EWCC 18, District Judge Lumb limited the deduction from a child’s £10,000 settlement to a success fee of £330 plus VAT,...
by Darcey | Oct 9, 2026 | Case Law
Clark v Adams: How QOCS Protection Can Be Lost for Abuse of Process Qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) generally protects a claimant in a personal injury claim from enforcement of an adverse costs order beyond the damages and interest awarded, but the protection...
by Darcey | Oct 8, 2026 | Case Law
MJS Projects v RPS Consulting: When Refusing Mediation Is Not Unreasonable In MJS Projects (March) Ltd v RPS Consulting Services Ltd, a High Court judge sitting in Leeds held that a defendant’s refusal to mediate was not unreasonable conduct and applied the...
by Darcey | Oct 2, 2026 | Case Law, News
Lemos v Church Bay Trust: ATE Insurer Costs Liability Lemos & Ors v Church Bay Trust Company & Ors [2026] EWHC 2402 (SCCO) is a genuinely instructive decision on the limits of CPR 47.20, and specifically on whether a paying party can use it to shift liability...
by Darcey | Oct 2, 2026 | Case Law, News
Turner v Coupland Cavendish: ATE Commissions & SOCA The Court of Appeal’s decision in Turner v Coupland Cavendish Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 1204 closes off a route that had been increasingly used to probe solicitors’ ATE arrangements through the costs...
