Amin v Mullings [2011] EWHC 278 (QB)

CPR 45: Fixed success fees – again

Paul Jones looks at the latest decision of Loizou v Gordon If the substantive claim, that is liability and damages, are agreed between the parties before the final hearing actually commences, this will attract the lower success fee. Fixed costs: the concept seems so simple. At the conclusion of a case, the costs payable are …

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Costs: A costly review

Paul Jones analyses the most noteworthy cases over the past year ‘A court still has a discretion to assess costs on the standard basis by reference to the sum that would have been recoverable on the small claims track if the case had been allocated to that track.’ The end of the year seems like …

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Costs: Concluded at trial

Paul Jones discusses when a 100% success fee applies ‘If a case settled less than 14 days before the date fixed for commencement of the trial, a 50% success fee would apply, but if the trial actually commenced, a 100% success fee would apply.’ Fixed success fees in RTA claims, accidents at work and industrial …

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