5 February 2024
1 February 2024 saw the MOJ finally respond to its July 2023 Costs Consultation, as well as summarising other changes not addressed in the consultation…and it’s a bit underwhelming to be honest. T...
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5 February 2024
Lazarichev v Lyndov [2024] EWHC 8 (Ch) 9 January 2024 – HHJ Keyser KC. Security for costs was refused where the claimant, a Belarusian national, was living in Poland, a State bound by the Hague ...
Read more![Court of Appeal have handed down their judgment in Thomson Snell & Passmore v Kenig -[2024] EWCA Civ 15.](https://kain-knight.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/architecture-g9e391a237_1920.jpg)
19 January 2024
Court of Appeal have handed down their judgment in Thomson Snell & Passmore v Kenig -[2024] EWCA Civ 15....
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8 January 2024
Nick McDonnell, Director and Costs Lawyer with Kain Knight and FRCConnect discusses what is likely to be the first, of many, costs wars arising from the new fixed recoverable costs regime....
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8 January 2024
Here, in Kain Knight Costs Lawyers’ regular monthly legal costs update, we focus on those cases which we believe are likely to have a practical relevance for its members. We welcome feedback and if ...
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3 January 2024
HRH PRINCESS DEEMA BINT SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD v Gibbs [2023] EWHC 3111 (Comm) – 5 December. Andrew Baker J. The claimant, being in breach of unless orders to pay the defendant £598,955....
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18 December 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, we wanted to reflect on what an incredibly busy year this has been for Kain Knight’s growing team. As the country’s leading firm of costs lawyers, Kain Knight are com...
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8 December 2023
The Master of the Rolls confirmed last month that the Guideline Hourly rates (GHR) will increase from 1 January 2024. The effect of that increase looks like this: 2021 Guideline Hourly Rates 2024 Guid...
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8 December 2023
Parties should not assume that where section II of CPR 3 is engaged, the automatic order will be costs in the case. Those litigants who either high-ball or low-ball, will do so at their peril as to co...
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7 December 2023
Here, in Kain Knight Costs Lawyers’ regular monthly legal costs update, we focus on those cases which we believe are likely to have a practical relevance for its members. We welcome feedback and if ...
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4 December 2023
Morrison Water Services Ltd v Browning [2023] EWHC 2725 (Ch) 31 October 2023 Judge Mark West- 31 October 2023 provides a useful reminder that Winding up Petitions should not be used to pursue debts th...
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30 November 2023
Congratulations to Gemma Osgood from Hugh James Solicitors who was lucky winner of Kain Knight’s latest prize draw. The prize, including a weekend break in Paris for two, with tickets for the Eurost...
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30 November 2023
That the majority decision in PACCAR v Competition Appeal Tribunal (see [2023] Costs LR 1193) has thrown a spanner in the works of Litigation Funding Agreements (LFAs), is a unanimously accepted fa...
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30 November 2023
In the case of Ivanishvili v Signature Litigation LLP, the Georgian businessman Claimant started proceedings to obtain a judgment that the 79 invoices issued by their previous Solicitors over a period...
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30 November 2023
Last reviewed and updated June 2026 by Francis Kendall, Director, Costs Lawyer and Joint Head of Commercial, Kain Knight City. In short, VAT can usually be recovered from a paying party on assessment ...
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30 November 2023
What do the new Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC) rules mean for commercial litigation practitioners? The first thing to note is that, for claims that do not include a personal injury or disease element, ...
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8 November 2023
Diag Human SE v Volterra Fietta [2023] Costs LR 1511 Newey, Stuart-Smith, Andrews LJJ -4 October 2023. The solicitors had acted for the claimant under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). The cour...
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7 November 2023
In the November 2023 edition of The Manchester Messenger, the monthly magazine of the Manchester Law Society. Colin Campbell and Nick McDonnell provide a legal costs update featuring cases that are li...
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6 October 2023
Colin Campbell and Nick McDonnell provide a legal cost update in the October 2023 edition of the Manchester Messenger, the monthly magazine of the Manchester Law Society. With the High Court closed du...
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5 October 2023
We are delighted to announce that Kain Knight have been shortlisted at the Personal Injury Awards in the Outstanding Case of the Year category for our work on Belsner, described by legal commentators ...
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5 October 2023
Kirkwood v Thelem Assurances [2023] Scot CS CSIH 3, 19 July, the court of Scotland did not allow the costs of English solicitors acting for a Scottish client in the Scottish courts (who had been injur...
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27 September 2023
With the introduction of Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC), the work of civil litigators dealing with most claims with a value up to £100,000 will be thrown into a world of uncertainty, disagreement, and...
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18 September 2023
Graeme Wilson joined Kain Knight in 2019 and is an experienced costs specialist working predominantly in the field of commercial costs. Graeme also has extensive experience and still maintains a...
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5 September 2023
In the September 2023 edition of the Manchester Messenger; the monthly magazine of the Manchester Law Society. Nick McDonnell and Colin Campbell provide a legal costs update, focussing on cases that a...
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