In Barton v Wright Hassall LLP, the court underlined that there is a very high bar to excuse claimants (even litigants in person) from the strict rules for service set out in CPR 6. The certainty of the decision will come as a relief to many practitioners. Continue reading
When claimants bring a public-spirited judicial review, should they be exposed to open-ended adverse costs exposure? That was the question at stake in the recent High Court decision in Stephen Hawking and others v Secretary Of State for Health & Social Care and National Health Service Commissioning Board. Continue reading
Almost there! Getting on for a decade after Sir Rupert Jackson started work on his “Review of Civil Litigation Costs: Final Report 2009”, the electronic bill, which he recommended should replace the traditional paper bill of costs, is about to become mandatory in the courts of England and Wales. Continue reading