Insights

13 September 2024

Nick discusses a number of costs orders made recently that have led to legal practitioners and commentators asking whether Courts are now more likely to take a harsher stance against parties who file ...

12 September 2024

Adrian Hawley, Client Relationship Manager at Kain Knight, has been appointed as a Trustee of Headway UK, following an election at the AGM on September 12th. Adrian is also the Chair of Headway Hudder...

10 September 2024

Francis discusses the recent decision in P&ID v The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the impact of fluctuating exchange rates on legal costs. Francis’s article was published in Law360, 9 Sept...

12 August 2024

Awaab’s Law achieved royal ascent in July 2023, named out of respect for and to raise awareness of the two-year-old boy who tragically lost his life as a result of the living conditions in his h...

22 July 2024

Commercial Costs Lawyer, Thomas Spanyol completed his epic 161 mile cycling challenge last weekend, raising over £2000 for Motor Neurone Disease. The challenge was inspired by Thomas’s friend Alex,...

15 July 2024

All Change !! Labour’s election campaign and its manifesto revolved around ‘Change.’ Now, having formed the new Government, it’s reasonable to assume that Labour’s political ethos will conti...

15 July 2024

Colin discusses the use of Part 36 offers in the Phone Hacking litigation to settle claims and what the Hugh Grant case says about the fairness of the rule. Colin’s article was published in New ...

8 July 2024

What does the Emile Heskey case mean for costs battles with HMRC?...

21 June 2024

Following a period of sustained growth across their extensive client base in the Clinical Negligence and Court of Protection practice areas, Kain Knight who are the largest team of independent costs l...

20 June 2024

The Kain Knight North & Midlands office, based in Manchester, opened in 2017 and due to its ongoing success, two key team members have been promoted to assist with future growth plans. Nick McDonn...

12 June 2024

Costs Lawyer, Andrew Bennetts joined Kain Knight in 2014, having worked solely in costs law since joining a youth training scheme as a junior law costs draftsperson in 1993.   Andrew started...

10 June 2024

In Bendriss v Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors Ltd [2024] EWHC 1100 (SCCO), Kain Knight Costs Lawyer, Mark Brighton, acted for the successful Defendant in an interlocutory application (in Solicitors ...

7 June 2024

Francis examines whether the legal fees were proportionate to the amount of tax at stake, drawing on his experience in costs disputes with HMRC. Francis’ comments were featured in Busi...

4 June 2024

Leading UK Cost Lawyers, Kain Knight, have announced the appointment of Adrian Hawley who will join on August 1st to assist with the firm’s strategic growth plans. Adrian Hawley joins as a Client Re...

30 May 2024

Colin discusses the mechanism of Part 36 offers and their use in the Phone Hacking litigation to settle claims against the wishes of claimants.  Colin’s article was published in Solicitors ...