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Civil Procedure Rules: Payment on account of costs – what is the right percentage?
Robert Bourne considers a siginificant but often overlooked reform, the arrival of CPR 44.2(8) ‘The costs ordered to be paid will be those that “reflect a reasonable assessment of what was likely to be awarded.”’ In recent years it has been recognised that if a party is bound to receive a certain part of the …
Cases Referenced
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- Digicel St Lucia v Cable & Wireless [2010] EWHC 888 Ch
- Fitzroy Robins v Mentmore Towers [2010] EWHC 98
- Gollop v Pryke (29 November 2011, Ch D)
- Hurndell v Hozier [2009] EWCA Civ 67; [2011] EWHC 321 (Ch)
- Mehjoo v Harben Barker & anor [2013] EWHC 1500 (QB); [2013] EWHC 1669 (QB); [2014] EWCA Civ 358
- Mireskandari v The Law Society [2009] EWHC 2224 (Ch)
- Oakhurst Property Developments (Lowndes Square No 2) Limited v Blackstar (Isle of Man) Limited [2012] EWHC 131
- Rutherford v Seymour Pierce Ltd [2010] EWHC 375 (QB)
- Scullion v Bank of Scotland [2010] EWHC 2253; [2011] EWCA Civ 693
- United Airlines Inc v United Airways Limited [2011] EWHC 2411 (Ch)
- Webster v Ridgeway Foundation School [2010] EWHC 318