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In Re Wiseman Lee (Solicitors) (Wasted Costs Order) (No 5 of 2000): CACD 5 Apr 2001

Where a court proposed a wasted costs order it was obliged by the regulations to hear the party against whom the order was sought. An order was made allowing the solicitors to make representations before a date, but the final order was made without having heard any representations, and the engrossed order made no reference … Continue reading In Re Wiseman Lee (Solicitors) (Wasted Costs Order) (No 5 of 2000): CACD 5 Apr 2001

Le Brocq v The Liverpool Crown Court: CACD 1 Aug 2019

Appeal against a wasted costs order against the defence barrister as regards remarks made in his closing speech which were said to have been prejudicial to the fairness of the trial. Held: Allowed. Judges: The Lord Burnett of Maldon LCJ Citations: [2019] EWCA Crim 1398 Links: Bailii Statutes: Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 19A Jurisdiction: … Continue reading Le Brocq v The Liverpool Crown Court: CACD 1 Aug 2019

In Re Harry Jagdev and Co (Wasted Costs Order) (No 2 of 1999): CA 12 Aug 1999

A wasted costs order must specify the amount payable when it is made. It is not open to a judge to go back later and amend the order to correct the defect, and particularly not to do so by awarding a sum greater than the amount claimed. In this case in any event, the award … Continue reading In Re Harry Jagdev and Co (Wasted Costs Order) (No 2 of 1999): CA 12 Aug 1999

In Re Hickman and Rose (Solicitors) (Wasted Costs Order) (No 10 of 1999): CACD 19 Apr 2000

After a trial was aborted, the solicitors, acting on counsel’s advice made an application for bail under the rules applying to the custody time limits. An unreported case had already decided the point, namely that once the jury had ben sworn, the limits ceased to apply. Though counsel, once told of the decision sought to … Continue reading In Re Hickman and Rose (Solicitors) (Wasted Costs Order) (No 10 of 1999): CACD 19 Apr 2000

Joseph Hill and Company, Solicitors, Re Wasted Costs Order Made Against: CACD 21 May 2013

The solicitors appealed against a wasted costs order made by the Crown Court as to their actions in the successful defence. They had not disclosed alibi evidence on advice from counsel on being unable to obtain proofs of evidence, until the day before the trial when the defendant’s father gave a statement. The judge made … Continue reading Joseph Hill and Company, Solicitors, Re Wasted Costs Order Made Against: CACD 21 May 2013