Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2012] EWHC 90218 (costs); [2013] EWCA Civ 19 – Page 2

Costs Budgeting: A new era in satellite litigation?

Andrew Hogan reviews the first Court of Appeal decision and if it will be possible to depart from an approved budget Because they are simply ‘taken into account’, if an arbitrary figure of costs claimed in the bill exceeds by 20% more than the estimate, on any assessment, they are often breached with impunity. On …

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Costs: Measure for measure

Jeremy Glover reports on Henry v Mirror Group Newspapers If one party is unaware that the other party’s budget has been significantly exceeded, they are no longer on an equal footing, and the purpose of the cost management scheme is lost. With the reforms to the way costs in civil litigation are managed being introduced …

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Costs Management Orders: What is going to happen?

John Ludman examines significant changes that will come into effect next April relating to recovery of costs It seems sensible and necessary in the future for Bills of Costs to be prepared in a way that illustrates what costs were incurred in respect of each budget category of work, so that the accuracy of the …

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Funding: Back to the future: costs reform

John Leadley, Nicola Gare and Charlotte Nolan discuss costs and litigation funding It is largely accepted by industry, practitioners, the judiciary and government that the introduction of the access to justice reforms in 1999 tipped the balance too far in favour of claimants. The long-awaited costs reforms brought about as a result of Lord Justice …

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