A brief fee might include work done during the course of a trial. The appropriateness of the approach and the need for elements to be calculated according to the value at stake and the hourly expense rate are to be calculated realistically.
Judges:
Hobhouse J
Citations:
[1992] 3 All ER 184
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
See Also – Loveday v Renton and Wellcome Foundation Ltd 1990
Stuart-Smith LJ said that there is no ‘generally accepted standard of scientific proof.’ The court rejected epidemiological evidence presented to it. . .
Cited by:
Cited – Cantor Fitzgerald International (formerly Cantor Fitzgerald (UK) Ltd) and Another v Tradition (UK) Ltd and Others (No 2) ChD 31-Jul-2003
The costs order required payment of the claimants’ costs. The court ordered costs to be payable only for certain stages of the case, and in particular that the appellants should pay the respondents costs of the trial commencing on a specified date. . .
Cited – Jemma Trust Company Ltd v Liptrott, Forrester, Kippax Beaumont Lewis CA 24-Oct-2003
Solicitors sought to challenge an order disallowing a costs item for the administration of an estate which included a percentage of the estate.
Held: Despite advances in time recording, ‘we see no reason to say that it is no longer appropriate . .
Cited – Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs v Stork QBD 3-Aug-2005
The barrister claimant challenged the system of payment of barristers contained in the Graduated Fees Scheme.
Held: the system imposed a new regime, and it was inappropriate to seek to impose on it ideas from previous systems of payment, . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Costs, Legal Professions
Updated: 15 July 2022; Ref: scu.186115