Category: wasted costs orders

Wasted Costs in the Commercial Court – Hailsham Chambers

Posted April 13th, 2023 in barristers, Commercial Court, news, solicitors, striking out, wasted costs orders by sally

‘In King v Stiefel (Wasted Costs) [2023] EWHC 453 (Comm), the Commercial Court emphatically rejected applications for wasted costs against a barrister and his instructing solicitors, in relation to a claim which had been struck out. The case is a good example of how difficult it is to obtain a wasted costs order against lawyers. William Flenley KC acted for the successful solicitors.’

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Hailsham Chambers, 8th March 2023

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Firm ordered to pay wasted costs over lack of authority to act – Legal Futures

Posted July 5th, 2022 in company directors, costs, law firms, news, professional conduct, Solicitors Regulation Authority, wasted costs orders by sally

‘A law firm has been ordered to pay wasted costs of £7,920 for not satisfying itself that the director of a company in deadlock with the other director had the authority to give it instructions.’

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Legal Futures, 5th July 2022

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CA: Lawyers can be cross-examined in wasted costs applications – Legal Futures

Posted November 12th, 2021 in appeals, costs, cross-examination, law firms, news, solicitors, wasted costs orders by tracey

‘Judges have the power to direct cross-examination of a lawyer against whom a wasted costs order is sought, but it should be “very much the exception”, the Court of Appeal said yesterday.’

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Legal Futures, 12th November 2021

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Court throws out wasted costs order bid against Baker McKenzie – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 13th, 2021 in costs, law firms, news, professional conduct, wasted costs orders by tracey

‘A High Court judge has opted against making a wasted costs order against global firm Baker McKenzie following an application from their litigation opponents.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 12th October 2021

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Barrister reprimanded for talking to lay opponent without their lawyer – Legal Futures

Posted May 17th, 2021 in barristers, costs, disciplinary procedures, families, fines, news, professional conduct, wasted costs orders by sally

‘A barrister whose actions in speaking to the opposing lay client in the absence of their lawyer led a court to adjourn a hearing has been sanctioned by a disciplinary tribunal.’

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Legal Futures, 14th May 2021

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“Negligent” firm avoids wasted costs order after failing to pass on offer – Litigation Futures

Posted October 1st, 2020 in costs, law firms, negligence, news, wasted costs orders by sally

‘The High Court has upheld a decision not to order wasted costs against a law firm that failed to pass on a “drop hands” settlement offer to a client who was ultimately found to be fundamentally dishonest.’

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Litigation Futures, 30th September 2020

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No wasted costs order after QC instructed on wrong issue – Litigation Futures

Posted July 28th, 2020 in appeals, news, stay of proceedings, time limits, VAT, wasted costs orders by sally

‘The First-tier Tribunal has refused to grant HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) a wasted costs order despite its opponents instructing their QC on the wrong issue.’

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Litigation Futures, 23rd July 2020

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CA: Judge wrong to discharge jury over barrister’s closing speech – Legal Futures

Posted August 2nd, 2019 in barristers, juries, jury directions, legal aid, news, wasted costs orders by tracey

‘A judge was wrong to discharge the jury in a criminal trial after “inappropriate” remarks by the defence barrister in his closing speech, the Lord Chief Justice has ruled.’

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Legal Futures, 2nd August 2019

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Tribunals must “proceed with care” over wasted costs orders where privilege is not waived – Litigation Futures

Posted September 4th, 2018 in costs, employment tribunals, negligence, news, privilege, tribunals, wasted costs orders by sally

‘Employment tribunals should generally give the benefit of doubt to a legal representative facing a wasted costs applications where their client refuses to waive privilege, the president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided.’

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Litigation Futures, 31st August 2018

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Can a party withdraw from adjudication part way through and what are the implications? – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted October 17th, 2017 in construction industry, costs, dispute resolution, news, wasted costs orders by tracey

‘Jacobs UK Ltd v Skanska Construction UK Ltd was a dispute all about the adequacy of Jacobs’ design services, which related to street lighting in Lewisham and Croydon. It highlights some interesting issues related to whether a party is entitled to withdraw from an adjudication and then start again.’

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Practical Law: Construction Blog , 17th October 2017

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Recovering costs – helpful hints (private law) – Local Government Lawyer

Posted June 9th, 2017 in budgets, costs, courts, enforcement, local government, news, part 36 offers, small claims, wasted costs orders by sally

‘James E. Petts sets out some key considerations for local authorities looking to recover their costs.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 9th June 2017

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Cost benefit analysis – New Law Journal

Posted October 31st, 2016 in civil procedure rules, costs, news, wasted costs orders by sally

‘Costs orders: who pays & when, asks Kerry Underwood.’

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New Law Journal, 20th October 2016

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Cost benefit analysis – New Law Journal

Posted October 24th, 2016 in costs, news, privilege, solicitors, wasted costs orders by michael

‘Wasted costs orders can only be made against a representative, whereas non-party costs orders can be made against anyone, including a representative.’

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New Law Journal, 20th October 2016

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‘I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish’ – Wasted Costs Application Against Legal Representatives – Zenith PI Blog

Posted May 21st, 2015 in costs, news, personal injuries, practice directions, wasted costs orders by sally

‘Anecdotal evidence suggests that Defendants in failed personal injury claims are increasingly making use of the Court’s wasted costs powers in an attempt to recover costs from Claimants’ legal representatives. Often this is in cases where the Defence is either explicitly or implicitly one of fraud. In such cases the terms of the ATE insurance (if indeed any is held by the Claimant) are often such that the policy does not pay out. Thus, Defendants are sometimes left in the position of holding a costs order against a ‘man of straw’. To circumvent this problem it seems some Defendants are making costs applications against legal representatives directly, using the wasted costs jurisdiction. The recent case of Kagalovsky v Balmore Invest Ltd [2015] EWHC 1337 (QB)[1] provides a salutary reminder of the difficulties a party faces when seeking to persuade a Court to make a wasted costs order.’

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Zenith PI Blog, 20th May 2015

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Wasted costs ordered against solicitor and counsel and case struck out – Free Movement

Posted May 15th, 2015 in barristers, costs, judicial review, law firms, news, striking out, tribunals, wasted costs orders by tracey

‘In the case of R (on the application of SN) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (striking out – principles) IJR [2015] UKUT 227(IAC) the President of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber not only strikes out the applicant’s judicial review claim but also goes on to make a wasted costs order against both the solicitors and counsel involved in the case.’

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Free Movement, 14th May 2015

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No entitlement to human rights damages after ‘caste discrimination’ case collapse – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 25th, 2015 in appeals, costs, damages, employment tribunals, human rights, immunity, judges, news, race discrimination, recusal, religious discrimination, striking out, wasted costs orders by sally

‘The High Court has ruled that when long-running employment tribunal hearing collapsed as the result of the judge’s recusal due to apparent bias the claimants in the action could not obtain damages for wasted costs under section 6 of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998 (specifically Article 6, the right to a fair trial) or the EU Charter.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 25th February 2015

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New duty will require judges to report lawyers subject to wasted costs orders to regulators – Litigation Futures

Posted February 6th, 2014 in consultations, costs, immigration, judiciary, legal profession, news, wasted costs orders by sally

‘Judges making wasted costs orders (WCOs) are to be placed under a duty to report the lawyers involved to their regulator in a bid to make them “consider more carefully the decisions they make in handling a case”, the government has decided.’

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Litigation Futures, 6th February 2014

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CA: judge should have recused himself from hearing wasted costs application – Litigation Futures

Posted August 27th, 2013 in appeals, bias, costs, evidence, expert witnesses, judges, news, recusal, solicitors, wasted costs orders by tracey

“The Court of Appeal has taken the highly unusual step of ruling that a judge should have recused himself from hearing a wasted costs order against a party’s solicitors given the comments he made about them in his substantive judgment.”

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Litigation Futures, 27th August 2013

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Wasted costs against local authority in private law proceedings by James Hargan – Sovereign Chambers

Posted July 31st, 2013 in costs, family courts, local government, news, reports, residence orders, social services, wasted costs orders by sally

“In HB, PB, and OB –v- London Borough of Croydon [2013] EWHC 1956 (Fam) Cobb J had to consider whether or not to make an order that a Local Authority which had been directed to file a section 37 report, and whose failure to do so properly had led to wasted costs, should pay those wasted costs of aborted days of hearing. The power to make such a costs order was in the discretion of the court (Senior Courts Act 1981 s51(1)) and, by reference to FPR 2010 28.1, the court could make such order as it thought just. The Local Authority was sufficiently closed connected with the litigation, and its failings were so serious, as to justify making what the court was urged to regard as an exceptional order.”

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Sovereign Chambers, 19th July 2013

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Court upholds wasted costs order – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 9th, 2012 in costs, law firms, news, wasted costs orders by tracey

“The Court of Appeal has upheld a wasted costs order against a Buckinghamshire firm, ruling that it was ‘complicit’ in its client’s ‘manipulation’ of the court process by failing to give reasons for opposing a hearsay notice in a criminal trial.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 8th March 2012

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