Insights

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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 ...

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...

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...

5 September 2023

Judicial Review proceedings against the Lord Chancellor have been issued by APIL, challenging several aspects of the Fixed Recoverable Costs reforms that are due to be implemented on 1 October 2023. S...

16 August 2023

The long-awaited new Fixed Costs Rules (FCR) come into force on 1st October 2023, introducing an intermediate track for most civil cases valued between £25,000 and £100,000 with tariff-based costs t...

18 July 2023

It is trite law that where a between-the-parties costs order has been made, a receiving claimant is entitled to recover costs from a paying opponent  for attending an Inquest, where those costs h...