Articles

Oliver Millington considers the important Court of Appeal decision in Tuson v Murphy

To what extent should a claimant’s dishonest and misleading conduct regarding her ability to work make her liable for costs incurred prior to the date of expiry of a Part 36 offer accepted after the 21-day period?

When a PPO is not reasonably secure

Settling outside the Claims Portal: do fixed costs still apply?

Where a claim which is inappropriately started outside the relevant portal is settled before issuing proceedings, its costs may be limited to those recoverable under the relevant portal.

Holly Tibbitts considers the important Court of Appeal decision in Cartwright v Venduct Engineering

How does the QOCS regime operate in a case where there are multiple defendants and the claimant succeeds against some but not others?

Hacked off with Costs Budgeting?

Chief Master Marsh gave a detailed judgment concerning costs budgeting in 2 claims arising from phone hacking of the former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie and of former Big Brother housemate Chantelle Houghton.