During the first week of lockdown, as we were all suddenly launched into a world lacking human contact and increasing conversations with our screens, I represented a client at the Supreme Court’s first ever remote hearing: Fowler v HMRC. Continue reading
Nestled in amongst the recent updates to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) is a significant update to the rules regarding default judgments, specifically the conditions to be satisfied before obtaining such judgment. Continue reading
Won your case with costs? Good news, but what happens if you slipped up on the way and your opponent has succeeded in obtaining a costs order against you? That might have happened had you made a request to the court for permission to rely on an additional expert’s report, but your application to do so failed with costs. In such circumstances, it would be reasonable to suppose that the costs which your losing opponent is due to pay to you should be reduced by the costs you owe him or her for the failed application. Expressed in legalese, the costs would thereby be set off against each other, simple as that. Continue reading