I am grateful to Master Rowley for highlighting the issues herein to me.
Further to an amendment to PD 51O of the CPR (the Electronic Working Pilot Scheme), the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO) is now using the CE-File electronic court file. For legal representatives, this has become mandatory with effect from 20 January 2020. Continue reading
When Kain Knight was in its infancy 40-something years ago, there were no such things as points of dispute. The protagonists would arrive for a taxation, as detailed assessment was then known, largely in ignorance of the arguments which would be raised. With nothing electronic in those days, the receiving party’s files would be lodged in advance for the taxing master’s clerk to read. That would involve a painstaking counting up of letters and the reading of attendance notes, with any discrepancies being tagged for the master’s attention. The taxation would then proceed at a leisurely pace with a red pen being wielded to disallow any items which had not been necessary and proper for the attainment of justice. Quaint though it may seem, the system worked pretty well. Continue reading
“Tax doesn’t have to be taxing.” HMRC.
“The taxman’s taken all my dough.” The Kinks.
The claimants in the Ingenious Litigation contend that Ray Davies had it right, and that they weren’t warned that this might be the case. Continue reading