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Costs Allowances: Back-door costs?
Che Meakins assesses the difference between costs already incurred and those required to fund future litigation on an application for a legal services payment order ‘The decision in BC v DE is a clear reminder that an application in relation to costs incurred in the earlier stages of financial remedy proceedings is perfectly legitimate.’In BC …
Cases Referenced
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- A v A (maintenance pending suit: payment of legal fees) [2001] 1 WLR 605
- BC v DE [2016] EWHC 1806 (Fam)
- Currey v Currey (No. 2) [2006] EWCA Civ 1338
- G v G (Maintenance Pending Suit: Costs) [2002] EWHC 306 (Fam)
- Rubin v Rubin [2014] EWHC 611 (Fam)
- US v SR [2014] EWHC 175 (Fam); [2014] EWHC 2864 (Fam)
- Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 14