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Case Report: Ghising v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 3706 (QB)
CFAs; retrospective recoverability of success fees; back-dating ‘Notwithstanding that inter partes uplift is irrecoverable under the large majority of retainers entered after March 2013 (ie ‘pre-Jackson’), there are potential wider implications in this decision.’This costs appeal is notable for the relatively benign approach taken to a retrospective CFA. Facts The claimant took part in group …
Cases Referenced
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- Birmingham City Council v Crook [2007] EWHC 1415 (QB)
- Forde v Birmingham City Council [2009] EWHC 12 (QB)
- Ghising v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 3706 (QB)
- Holmes v Alfred McAlpine Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd [2006] EWHC 110 (QB)
- Jenkins v Young Brothers Transport Ltd [2006] EWHC 151 (QB)
- JN Dairies Ltd v Johal Dairies Ltd [2011] EWHC 90211 (Costs)
- Jones v Spire Healthcare (2015) unreported; (2016) unreported; Liverpool County Court; HHJ Wood; 11 May
- Kellar v Williams [2004] UKPC 30
- Kitchen v Burwell Reed and Kinghorn Limited [2005] EWHC 1771 (QB)
- O'Brien v Shorrock [2015] EWHC 1630 (QB)
- Oyston v Royal Bank of Scotland [2006] EWHC 90053 (Costs)
- Pentecost v John [2015] EWHC 1970 (QB)