Drew v Whitbread plc [2010] EWCA Civ 53

Fixed Costs Or Standard Basis Costs: Vive la difference

Paul Jones assesses the conflict that may arise due to the expansion of fixed costs ‘Standard basis costs and fixed costs are different beasts and an order for one cannot be interpreted by the court as an order for the other.’ Lord Justice Jackson, like Lord Woolf before him, is very keen on fixed costs. …

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Assessment: Stay on track with costs

Shilpa Shah examines the difficult relationship between allocation and costs recovery ‘It was contended that the court should assess costs at the level allowed by reference to the small claims track provisions.’ While one of the aims of allocation was to enable the principle of proportionality to be dovetailed into the costs rules appropriate for …

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Road Traffic Accidents: When is a small claim not a small claim?

Paul Jones considers the latest Predictable Costs case ‘Where a claimant has issued proceedings prematurely, possibly with a view to avoiding being limited to Small Claims Fixed Costs, they may assess their Standard Basis costs at a sum equivalent to the costs that would have been payable on the Small Claims Track. This way, the …

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