Savoye & anor v Spicers Ltd [2015] EWHC 33 (TCC)

Costs: Budget cuts

David Sawtell summarises recent costs judgments ‘The summary nature of costs budgeting means that the court may either overestimate or underestimate the future expenditure of costs that will reasonably and proportionately be required.’ Costs budgeting is now a familiar part of the litigation landscape. Costs management hearings are supposed to be carried out quickly and …

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Reform: Keep it in proportion

Adam Dyl takes stock of the implementation of costs reforms ‘Litigators are warned that in assessing costs the court will be more persuaded by arguments that you did all you could to deal with the case proficiently, rather than doing what was in the best interest of your client.’ It has been a few years …

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Costs: Less pain more gain

Miranda Whiteley summarises recent guidance on costs from the Technology and Construction Court ‘Proportionality is not all about the relationship between the size of the claim and the claimant’s (or the total) costs bill.’ We have had to wait for nearly two years for some guidance from the courts on the new proportionality test for …

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