Kenig v Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP [2023] WTLR 605

WTLR Issue: Summer 2023 #191

DANIEL KENIG

V

THOMSON SNELL & PASSMORE LLP

Analysis Further submissions received: 12 January 20231 The claimant beneficiary of a will applied for an assessment of the bills delivered by the defendant solicitors, who acted for the executor of the estate, pursuant to s71 Solicitors Act 1974. The solicitors’ original costs estimate was £10,000 to £15,000 plus VAT, but their invoices totalled £54,410.99 …

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Counsel Details

Mr Gold, costs draftsman, instructed by SCS Law Solicitors (36 Creek Road, London SE8 3FN) for the claimant.

Alicia Tew (Hailsham Chambers 4 Paper Buildings, London EC4Y 7EX, tel 020 7643 5000, e-mail clerks@hailshamchambers.com) for the defendant.

Cases Referenced

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  • Barclays plc & anr v Villers & anr [2000] EWHC 197 (Comm); [2000] 1 All ER (Comm) 357
  • Belsner v Cam Legal Services Ltd & anr [2022] EWCA Civ 1387
  • Clare v Joseph [1907] 2 KB 369
  • Elias v Wallace LLP [2022] EWHC 2574 (SCCO)
  • EVX v Smith [2022] EWHC 1607 (SCCO)
  • Falmouth House Freehold Company Ltd & anr v Morgan Walker LLP [2010] EWHC 3092 (Ch)
  • Gomba Holdings (UK) Ltd v Minories Finance Ltd (No 2) [1993] Ch 171
  • Herbert v HH Law Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 527
  • In re a Solicitor [1936] 1 KB 523
  • Kundrath v Kwatia & anr [2004] EWHC 2852 (QB); [2005] 2 Costs LR 279
  • Mastercigars Direct Ltd v Withers LLP [2007] EWHC 2733 (Ch); [2009] 1 WLR 881
  • McDougall & ors v Boote Edgar Esterkin [2000] EWHC 9015 (Costs); [2001] 1 Costs LR 118
  • McIlwraith v McIlwraith & ors [2002] EWHC 9028 (Costs); [2004] 4 Costs LR 533
  • Medcalf v Mardell & ors [2000] EWCA Civ 63; [2003] 1 AC 120
  • Menzies v Oakwood Solicitors Ltd [2022] EWHC 3199 (KB)
  • Murray v Richard Slade & Co Ltd [2021] EWHC 3383 (QB); [2022] Costs LR 43
  • Mussell & anr v Patience & anr [2019] EWHC 1231 (Ch); [2019] WTLR 973 ChD
  • Patel & anr v Mowlam [2020] EWHC 1079 (QB)
  • Philby v Hazle (1860) 8 CB (NS) 647
  • R v Derby Magistrates Court ex parte B [1995] UKHL J0622-9; [1996] 1 AC 487
  • Ralph Hume Garry v Gwillim [2002] EWCA Civ 1500
  • Re Abbott (1861) 4LT 576
  • Re Brown (1867) lR 4 Eq 464
  • Re Longbotham & Sons [1904] 2 Ch 152
  • Re Stuart, ex parte Cathcart [1893] 2 QB 201
  • Re Thompson [1894] 1 QB 462
  • Ridehalgh v Horsefield & anr [1994] EWCA Civ 40
  • Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd [2003] UKPC 26; [2003] WTLR 565 PC
  • Shepherd & Co Solicitors v Brealey [2022] EWHC 3229 (KB); [2023] WTLR 755 QB
  • ST v ZY [2022] EWHC B6 (Costs)
  • Three Rivers DC v Governor and Company of the Bank of England [2004] UKHL 48
  • Tim Martin Interiors Ltd v Akin Gump LLP [2011] EWCA Civ 1574
  • Walton v Egan [1982] QB 1232
  • Wilsons Solicitors LLP v Serena Bentine [2015] EWCA Civ 1168
  • Winterthur Swiss Insurance Co v AG (Manchester) Ltd [2006] EWHC 839 (Comm)
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Legislation Referenced

  • Solicitors Act 1843, s38-39
  • Solicitors Act 1974, s70-71 and 73