Case law on qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) is beginning to appear. However, it is safe to say that we do not have the final word on some of its more difficult provisions. Continue reading

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November 27, 2017
A shift in case law? Set-off and qualified one-way costs shifting

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November 24, 2017
When is a claimant not a claimant?
Motor insurers have become concerned in recent years with cases which seem to be pursued more for the benefit of the companies involved in facilitating the claim than for the claimants themselves. Continue reading

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In Richard Slade and Company v Boodia and Boodia [2017] EWHC 2699 (QB) the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court, in an appeal from the Senior Courts Costs Office, upheld the Cost Master’s finding that interim statute bills must include disbursements. Continue reading