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Costs: Whose file is it anyway?
A growth area in costs litigation is solicitors‘ clients challenging whether the success fee was reasonable. Paul Jones reports on two conflicting cases regarding disclosure ‘It was the claimants‘ contention that the costs deducted were potentially unreasonable and may be subject to reduction at a solicitor/client assessment.‘ The Law Society Gazette recently led with the …
Cases Referenced
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- Green & ors v SGI Legal LLP [2017] EWHC B27 (Costs)
- Hanley v JC & A solicitors Ltd [2017] EWHC B28 (Costs)
- Swain v JC & A solicitors Ltd [2018] EWHC B3 (Costs)
- The Mortgage Business plc & anor v Thomas Taggart and Sons [2014] NICH 14