Case Law Updates

7 August 2026

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for July 2026, written by Colin Campbell. Did you know we send Colin’s Monthly Case Law Updates straight to your inbox? Be one of the first to read: Be...

3 July 2026

Kain Knight's June 2026 costs case law update rounds up seven key rulings, from a £1 billion indemnity costs order in the National Lottery litigation to the limits on recovering litigation costs as d...

2 June 2026

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for May 2026, written by Colin Campbell. Did you know we send Colin’s Monthly Case Law Updates straight to your inbox? Be one of the first to read: Be ...

6 May 2026

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for April 2026, written by Colin Campbell. Did you know we send Colin’s Monthly Case Law Updates straight to your inbox? Be one of the first to read: *...

2 April 2026

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for March 2026, written by Colin Campbell. Did you know we send Colin’s Monthly Case Law Updates straight to your inbox? Be one of the first to read: *...

3 March 2026

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for February 2026, written by Colin Campbell. This month’s review features significant rulings on costs across various domains, covering everything from th...

3 February 2026

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for January 2026, written by Colin Campbell. This month’s review features significant rulings on costs across various domains, covering everything from the...

5 January 2026

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for December 2025, written by Colin Campbell. This month’s review features significant rulings on costs across various domains, covering everything from th...

1 December 2025

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for November 2025, written by Colin Campbell. This month’s review features significant rulings on costs across various domains, covering everything fro...

4 November 2025

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for October 2025, written by Colin Campbell. This month’s update features a landmark Supreme Court decision on the currency for an award of costs in Pr...

1 October 2025

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for September 2025, written by Colin Campbell. This month’s case law update covers significant rulings on indemnity costs and budgets, massive budget r...

2 September 2025

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for August 2025, written by Colin Campbell. This month’s case law update covers a wide variety of legal areas, from the enforceability of Conditional Fee A...

5 August 2025

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for July 2025, written by Colin Campbell. July has seen significant costs-related judgments. The cases discussed cover a range of topics, including the enfor...

7 July 2025

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for June 2025, written by Colin Campbell. This month has delivered a series of significant judgments, from crucial decisions on non-party costs orders and de...

3 June 2025

Welcome to the Kain Knight Case Law Update for May 2025, written by Colin Campbell. This edition brings you concise summaries of significant court decisions impacting civil litigation costs, professio...

2 May 2025

In this latest case law update, compiled by Colin Campbell, we offer valuable insight into a wide range of costs-related decisions, from the interpretation of Part 36 offers to the limits of fixed cos...

3 April 2025

In this latest case law update, compiled by Colin Campbell, we review some significant decisions from February and March 2025. The cases cover a range of areas, including the assessment of interpreter...

6 March 2025

Zavorotnii v Malinowski  [2025] EWHC 260 (KB) 6 February 2025.  HHJ Walden-Smith. Costs budgeting. When the court was approving costs budgets under CPR 3.13 in costs and case management (CCMC) heari...

3 February 2025

TRAPPIT S.A. v  GBT TRAVEL SERVICES UK LIMITED [2024] EWHC 3285 (Ch) 18 December 2024. Where notice of discontinuance under CPR 38 and been served, the Chief Chancery Master  upheld the default pos...

7 January 2025

IPE Marble v Moran [2024] EWHC 2913 (KB- 15 November 2024. No jurisdiction reposed in the High Court to award a defendant his costs of defending the prosecution’s unsuccessful application for le...

4 December 2024

Parsdome Holdings Ltd v Plastic Energy Global SL [2024] EWCA Civ 1293) – 29 October 2024. The Court of Appeal upheld the court below (see [2024] Costs LR 87) when ordering security for cost...

4 November 2024

Elphike v Times Media Ltd [2024] EWHC 2595 (KB)- 14 October. To avoid the prospect of long, expensive detailed assessment proceedings with counsel and Costs Lawyers occupying perhaps several days, at ...

1 October 2024

Cancrie Investments Ltd v Haider [2024] EWHC 2302 (Comm) 9 September 2024. Following the dismissal of the defendant’s application for summary judgment striking out the claim for a worldwide freezing...

4 September 2024

Wells v Hornshaw  [2024] EWHC 2019 (Ch) -31 Jul 2024. In proceedings involving s.994 Companies Act 2006, Adam Johnson J considered whether a Part 36 Offer made by the Respondent on 4 August 2023 ...