For the purpose of section 29 of the Access to Justice Act 1999, the costs incurred in respect of an ATE premium were recoverable only in the proceedings to which the policy related, ie as part of the costs of the trial if the policy related only to the trial, and not as part of the costs of the appeal.
Rix, Etherton, Patten LJJ
[2012] EWCA Civ 987, [2012] CP Rep 41, [2012] 5 Costs LR 886, [2012] WLR(D) 216, [2012] 1 WLR 3581
Bailii, WLRD
England and Wales
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Cited – Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd SC 29-Mar-2017
The court had ordered the respondent to pay the claimant’s costs. These were high because the solicitors had acted under a conditional fee agreement, and disproportionate to the funds at issue. The respondents challenged assignments of the original . .
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Updated: 27 September 2021; Ref: scu.462970
