Papers from the CPRC meeting on 7 July 2017 became publicly available on 2 November 2017. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge in the intervening four months. Nonetheless, there are still a few snippets of interest.
REUTERS | Ali Jarekji
November 15, 2017
CPRC Snippets: July 2017
REUTERS | Murad Sezer
It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the Brussels jurisdiction regime applies to EU domiciled defendants and the common law rules apply to everyone else. Continue reading
REUTERS | Yusuf Ahmad
November 10, 2017
When can costs be assessed? Remember to ask the question!
A simple question but one to which, until now, there has not necessarily been a simple answer.
The starting point itself is simple. At the end of a hearing or a trial, the court can make a costs order directing one party to pay the costs of the other party. If the proceedings have been concluded, for example by a judgment or settlement agreement, the costs can be quantified by detailed assessment straightaway (CPR 47.1). Alternatively, the court can order an immediate assessment by directing that “the costs be assessed and paid forthwith”. Absent such a direction, the receiving party must wait until the proceedings have concluded before any entitlement to have the costs assessed arises. Continue reading