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The claimant made an application for an increased success fee as the claimant who was catastrophically injured recovered more than £750,000.00. The accident occurred in 2004, the claimant was an infant passenger in a car driven by her uncle. Proceedings … Continue reading
Posted in Costs Tagged CFA, Civil, Costs, CPR 45.18(2), Francis v McWilliam, Law Costs Draftsmen, Success feeThe recent case of Javed v British Telecommunications plc [2011] EWHC 90212 (Costs) is an interesting example of claimant solicitors being penalised for issuing proceedings unnecessarily and prematurely. The Master concluded: “I am in no doubt that the Claimant was … Continue reading
Posted in Costs Tagged ACL, Case Law, Civil, Costs, Costs Law, Javed v British Telecommunications plc [2011], Legal, Pre Action ProtocolThe current regime Contingency fee agreements have always been allowed in non-contentious work. Pre-issue work is classed as non-contentious and therefore can be carried out under a contingency fee agreement. However once the case is issued then that pre-issue work … Continue reading
Posted in Costs Tagged ACL, Civil, Commercial, Contingency Fee Agreements, Costs, DBA, Law Costs