Costs
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Garbutt and another v Edwards and another
Costs award — Failure of receiving party’s solicitor to provide estimate of costs — Effect upon costs liability — Appropriate procedure for dealing with failure — Whether costs to be…
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Phillips and others v Symes and others; Symes and others v Phillips and others
Liability for costs — Expert witness — Non-party to action — Duty to court — Breach of duty — Order for costs — Whether court having power to make costs…
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British Telecommunications plc v Gwynedd Council
Roadworks — Measures to protect undertaker’s apparatus — Council’s duty to pay share of cost of measures — Regulation 2(2) of Street Works (Sharing of Costs of Works) Regulations 1992…
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Patel v Legal Services Commission
Neighbour dispute — Boundary — Claimant legally aided in damages claim — Award of nominal damages only — Claimant’s costs award overturned — Whether Legal Services Commission entitled to a…
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council and others v Secretary of State for the Environment and others a
Costs — Multiple representation in planning appeals — Guidelines set out for award of costs — Third set of costs not justified
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PP 2002/182
Surveyors’ fees may be fully recoverable. A successful claimant against a government department obtains a costs award only to find that part of his expenditure on surveyors’ fees has been…
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PP 2002/179
What is the difference between a conditional fee agreement and a contingency fee agreement?. If you are stumped by this question, the remedy is to turn to Third age for…
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R (on the application of Leppard) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Enforcement notice — Caravans — Residential use — Claimant’s appeal against enforcement notice allowed — Award of costs refused on basis that planning authority had acted reasonably in serving notice…
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R (on the application of Hann) v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Claimant successfully appealing against local authority’s refusal of planning permission and enforcement notice – Inspector finding in favour of claimant on each issue – Claimant seeking judicial review of costs…
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British Waterways Board v Norman
Case stated — Prosecution under the Environmental Protection Act — Tenant on income support — Landlord ordered to pay costs in action — Landlord alleging contractual arrangement that solicitors for…
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Chaggar v Chaggar and another
Order for costs — Legally aided litigants — Funds from proceeds of sale of house — Whether order to be enforced — Whether funds part of defendants’ disposable income –…
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R v Mill Lodge properties Ltd and another, ex parte Chichester District Council
Planning permission — Outline planning permission granted — Matters reserved — Applications for approval of details reserved refused — Appeal by developers to Secretary of State — Appeals determined by…