Case report: Ho v Adelekun [2019] EWCA Civ 1988

Contracting out of fixed costs; Part 36 offers; RTA Protocol ‘This decision provides welcome clarity as to the limited circumstances in which fixed costs will be disapplied by implication.’ This case concerned the application of the fixed costs regime for ex-Protocol cases at sIIIA of CPR Part 45, following acceptance of an ostensible Part 36 …
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Costs: Counsel’s fees in fixed costs cases

Paul Jones considers the financial implications of the Court of Appeal’s decision in Aldred ‘The defendant’s submission was that the costs of obtaining an advice for the purposes of an infant approval, whether incurred by the solicitor or counsel, were already included within the fixed costs set out in Table 6B of CPR 45.29C.’ The …
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