Breaking News: Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd adjourned to the first available date after 1st October 2022.
11 July 2022
Kain Knight Costs Lawyers are acting for the Appellants in the Court of Appeal of: Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd. This case is being labelled by many as the ‘costs case of the decade’ as it may...
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Kain Knight is working with Cohen Consultancy
6 July 2022
Kain Knight Limited is delighted to be working with Ian Cohen, Director of The Cohen Consultancy who will be supporting the firm in the delivery of its ambitious growth plans. In his management consul...
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Kain Knight – Job Vacancies
6 July 2022
Due to an increasing workload and Kain Knight’s ambitious growth plans, we’re looking to recruit two costs lawyers to join our exceptional team. Generous salary package available to the successful...
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The Kain Knight Manchester office has moved!
4 July 2022
Kain Knight are delighted to announce that from Monday 4th July 2022, the new address for our Manchester office of will be: Arkwright House, Parsonage Gardens, Manchester, M3 2LF. Our old office at Pe...
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Newsletter July 2022
1 July 2022
Kain Knight – Newsletter – July 2022 We’re delighted to bring you our July 2022 newsletter. Just like a summer holiday suitcase, it’s packed with the very latest in legal costs news and our th...
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Director and Costs Lawyer, Nick McDonnell speaking at the Association of Costs Lawyers Conference.
29 June 2022
On Friday 1st July, Nick will speak at the ACL Manchester Annual Costs Conference, a must-go to event for Qualified Cost’s Lawyers and trainees who want to keep up to day with the changing world of ...
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Watch ‘live’ Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd – 12th July 2022, Court of Appeal
29 June 2022
Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd, is to be adjourned until the first available date after 1st October. It was due to be heard by the Court of Appeal on 12th July. Watch this space for more details! Si...
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Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd: Kain Knight acting in costs case of the decade – guide to the issues in the case
28 June 2022
Kain Knight Costs Lawyers are acting for the Appellants in the Court of Appeal case Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd, a case being labelled by many as the ‘costs case of the decade’ as it may have...
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Fun facts about hourly rates
28 May 2022
1. The modern hourly rate was invented by a man called Reginald See Herber Smith, R, Law Office Organisation (1940) 26 ABA Journal 393. Also see Baker, R, Implementing Value Pricing (Chichester: John ...
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Newsletter December 2021
31 December 2021
Since our last update, lots of exciting things have happened here at Kain Knight. I’d once again like to thank our valued clients and business partners for their continued support during the pan...
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Newsletter January 2020
11 January 2020
An update from Matthew Kain: What’s been happening at Kain Knight and what to expect in 2020. Welcome to the New World! There have been many changes here at Kain Knight, and in the Costs world i...
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Press Release: Kain Knight Costs Lawyers, acting for ARAG PLC, have succeeded in the Court of Appeal…
17 July 2019
Kain Knight Costs Lawyers, acting for ARAG PLC, have succeeded in the Court of Appeal following a judgment that provides eagerly awaited clarity and guidance on: (i) how lower Courts should approach t...
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Kain Knight Case Law Update Summer 2019
12 June 2019
The number of cases at High Court level and above which are being handed down continue at a relentless pace. This update principally features judgments which have appeared in the Law Reports. As usual...
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Newsletter January 2019
11 January 2019
We are now in the tenth year since Sir Rupert Jackson completed his Final Report into the Costs of Civil Litigation. A cornerstone of the Report was his recommendation Mat the court should control how...
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Kain Knight Case Law Update August/September 2018
24 October 2018
The long hot summer did not cause any downturn in the number of decisions about costs which have been given by High Court Judges and above. What is also notable, however, is that they have been ...
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Kain Knight Case Law Update June/July 2018
25 July 2018
Those of us who remember the pre Civil Procedure Rules days will recall that if you won your case by even a tiny amount, costs would “follow the event”: that is to say, there would be no deduction...
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Kain Knight Case Law Update April/May 2018
8 June 2018
It has been a sunny spring, yet it hardly seems any time since we opened our Costs Case Law Update with a reference to the “Beast from the East”. However, if the weather is a constant source of di...
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Kain Knight Case Law Update March/ April 2018
16 April 2018
The “Hot News” is that the Electronic Bill of Costs is now mandatory for use in all courts in England and Wales for work undertaken from 6 April 2018! Where work has straddled that date,...
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Kain Knight Case Law Update February 2018
2 March 2018
Just when you thought winter was over, the “Beast from the East” has arrived, bringing with it Artic conditions and snow expected to bring the country to a grinding halt. Not so in the Law, howeve...
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Kain Knight Case Law Update January 2018
9 February 2018
This update focuses on decisions handed down in the hectic weeks before the Christmas holiday began. 2017 has undoubtedly been a “best ever” year in terms of the number of costs appeals which have...
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Part 36 prizes in provisional assessment: does CPR 47.15(5) prevail over Part 36.17(4)?
8 February 2018
The scenario: the receiving party serves a bill for £75,000 and commences proceedings for detailed assessment under CPR 47. 6. In view of the sum involved, the bill is referred for&nbs...
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Court reduces costs claim exceeding £50,000 to fixed costs under CPR45.29C
19 January 2018
Andrew Bennetts of our St Austell office received instructions from a paying party in relation to a Bill of Costs, which claimed a sum for costs exceeding £50,000. The claim concerned a road traffic ...
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Kain Knight’s Newsletter December 2017- Issue 27
21 December 2017
Please click here to view Kain Knight’s most recent Newsletter, with articles covering the following subjects: The NEW BILL: are you ready to “Go Electric”? Proportionality C...
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