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Bill Of Costs: Now that is a big Bill
Paul Jones examines an extremely useful case that provides a senior costs judge’s guidance on issues large and small ‘The claimant’s 100% success fee was always likely to be contentious, and so it proved. Master Hurst accepted that, at the time the risk assessment was undertaken, an assessment of the prospects of success at 50/50 …
Cases Referenced
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- Francis v Francis and Dickerson [1955] 3 ALL ER 836
- Home Office v Lownds [2002] EWCA Civ 365
- KU (A Child) v LCC [2005] EWCA Civ 475
- Motto v Trafigura [2011] EWHC 90201 (Costs); [2011] EWHC 90206 (Costs); [2011] EWHC 90209 (costs); [2011] EWCA Civ 1150