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Timestamp: 2018-10-22 07:23:40
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Stephen Innes, barrister at 4 New Square, looks back over the past six months of dispute resolution in the UK and considers the key developments in costs and Part 36. What have been the most significant case law developments during the first half of 2016? Most significant of all has been the case law on… Read More…
‘First ever’ losing party penalised for refusal to mediate costs of dispute
December 17, 2015 By Ruth Pratt 1 Comment
Master O’Hare has given a costs judgment in which he awarded indemnity costs against a losing party for conduct which he deemed ‘unreasonable’ when it took them 6 weeks to respond to an invitation to mediate and their response was to decline the invitation. The award of indemnity costs was made in the context of costs awarded in relation to detailed assessment proceedings where the losing party (the defendant) had failed to beat the claimant’s Part 36 offer.
May 14, 2015 By Janna Purdie 1 Comment
Two years into the Jackson costs reforms and we could be forgiven for thinking that the changes were bedding in and we could look forward to a period of relative calm with little change on the horizon. For practitioners dealing with cost issues, and that should be all litigators at various points in their work, the… Read More…
May 14, 2015 By Ruth Pratt Leave a Comment
Part 36 offers in detailed assessment proceedings are not to be treated differently to such offers made in damages claims when it comes to determining whether the court should award an additional amount where the receiving party betters its own Part 36 offer, so held Slade J allowing an appeal against the decision of Senior… Read More…
Part 36: Your questions on the New Rule answered
March 27, 2015 By Rachel Buchanan 1 Comment
A reminder to practitioners that this is the last week to make a Part 36 offer under the current rules; the new rules will be in force after Easter from 6 April 2015. We sent our March newsletter to subscribers on Tuesday 31 March. Our exclusive content will be “Part 36: Your questions on the New Rule… Read More…
February 5, 2015 By Rachel Buchanan 1 Comment
We held a series of seminars in conjunction with Ed Pepperall QC of St Philips Commercial (chair of the Part 36 sub-committee) to give the insider’s guide to the new Part 36. In advance of the new rules coming into force on 6 April 2015, we have made available for download the documentation from the events including: Our… Read More…
February 2, 2015 By Ruth Pratt Leave a Comment
In UWUG Limited v Ball [2015] EWHC 74 (IPEC) Hacon J decided costs in a case where a defendant litigant in person withdrew his Part 36 offer in circumstances where the claimant clearly should have accepted it.
January 25, 2015 By Rachel Buchanan Leave a Comment
We will be running a Q & A session as part of each our “Part 36: Spotlight on the New Rule” seminars this week with St Philips Commercial and invite readers to submit their questions to be answered by Ed Pepperall QC.
January 21, 2015 By Rachel Buchanan
The new look Part 36 has been unveiled with the publication of the latest CPR update in the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 8) Rules 2014. The Part 36 reforms, which are designed to solve a number of practical problems created by the current rules, will come into force on 6 April 2015.
Ed Pepperall QC, St Philips silk and chair of the Part 36 sub-committee, will be speaking at a series of special seminars in January 2015, in conjunction with LexisNexis. These free seminars will provide the insider’s guide to the new Part 36. Join us for a unique insight into the rules, 1 ½ hours’ CPD and a little hospitality.
December 18, 2014 By Ruth Pratt Leave a Comment
The Statutory Instrument for the much anticipated re-write of CPR 36 is now with us. Hot off the press, we can confirm: Yes – It is a complete re-write Yes – It will come into force on 6 April 2015 – we are updating our Part 36 content in advance of that deadline Yes – The… Read More…