Insights

1 August 2025

The Kain Knight team, led by Costs Lawyer, Alistair Merchant was pleased to assist Professor Andreas Stephan in his collective proceedings against Amazon Inc. & Others in the Competition Appeal Tr...

8 July 2025

Are your CFAs still open to challenge? There have been a number of legal developments over recent years, both through civil procedure rule updates and case law, that has forced legal practitioners to ...

3 July 2025

Judgment handed down by Mrs Justice Hill in the costs appeal Ward v Rai [2025] EWHC 1681 (KB) sees further success for Kain Knight. 3 July 2025 saw the handing down of Mrs Justice Hill’s judgment i...

25 June 2025

We are delighted to announce that Kain Knight has been ranked in the Chambers and Partners Litigation Support Guide 2025, a prestigious recognition of our continued excellence in legal costs services....

11 June 2025

In this article, Colin Campbell explores the evolution of post-trial costs practices in the UK, particularly in light of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) implemented in 1998. The article looks into the...

6 June 2025

With the extended fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime now well into its second year of operation, practitioners are becoming more familiar with its implications. However, grey areas remain—especial...

19 May 2025

Written by Costs Lawyer, Kelly Line. At first glance, being a Costs Lawyer might appear to be all numbers and spreadsheets, but, in fact, this is far from the truth. Some may think that being a Costs ...

19 May 2025

Guest Article by Sarah Breckenridge, Investment Manager, Erso Capital Litigation funding in England and Wales is undergoing a period of accelerated change, shaped largely by developments in the Compet...

19 May 2025

Written by Thomas Spanyol In the ever-evolving landscape of civil litigation, striking a balance between the cost of prospectively managing costs in the majority of Multi Track disputes with a value o...

13 May 2025

Written by Thomas Spanyol Whether the introduction of the Simplified Costs Budgeting Practice Directions (PD51ZG1-3) has the desired effect of making the process more proportionate to the complexity a...

23 April 2025

This article is written by Costs Lawyer, Faith Cosgrove. Whilst this question has already been resolved by the Courts back in 2019 by Ho v Adelekun [2019] EWCA Civ 1988 (19 November 2019) the more tha...

11 April 2025

Written by Colin Campbell. In the case of Barry v Barry  [2025] EWHC 819 (KB) 8 Apr 2025, Mr Justice Dexter Dias has given useful and succinct guidance when dealing with “consequentials”...

9 April 2025

Colin’s latest article titled ‘Hour of need’ discusses how it is time for judges to be open about hourly rates. Colin says “Where hourly rates have been concerned, it has been ...

17 March 2025

In this latest roundup of industry news, Ian Cohen, Clinical Negligence expert and Commercial Development Consultant for Kain Knight discusses some of the key changes in the clinical negligence sector...