Costs
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Nelson’s Yard Management Company and others v Eziefula
Civil Procedure Rules – Discontinuance of proceedings – Appellants issuing then discontinuing proceedings against respondent concerning excavation works – Judge dismissing appellants’ application for costs and ordering them to pay…
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Nelson’s Yard Management Company and others v Eziefula
Practice and procedure, Costs
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PP 2013/42 The general principle in planning cases is that multiple sets of costs will not be awarded unless there are good reasons for doing so
The House of Lords in Bolton Metropolitan District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1995] 3 PLR 37, while stressing that costs are always in the discretion of…
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Webb Resolutions Ltd v Waller Needham & Green (a firm)
Settlement Costs
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Webb Resolutions Ltd v Waller Needham & Green (a firm)
Negligence – Settlement — Costs — Claimant mortgage lender claiming damages against defendant solicitors for negligent advice – Parties reaching settlement — Claimant seeking order for costs on standard basis…
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Fairhold Mercury Ltd v Merryfield RTM Co Ltd
Right to manage Costs
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Fairhold Mercury Ltd v Merryfield RTM Co Ltd
Right to manage – Counternotices – Costs – Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 – Appellant serving counternotices in response to two notices by respondent seeking to acquire right to…
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PP 2012/120
Where a planning appeal has been made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the parties involved normally meet their own expenses.
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PP 2012/96
Section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 provides that, subject to any contrary enactment or rules of court, costs in civil proceedings are in the discretion of the court.
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Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Costs – Statutory challenge to planning decision – Interested party – Grant of planning permission by defendant secretary of state through planning inspector – Claimant local authority challenging grant of…
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PHI Group Ltd v Robert West Consulting Ltd
Contribution proceedings – Part 36 offer – Civil Procedure Rules – Main contractor obtaining damages against subcontractors in proportionate amounts – Parties making cross claims in contribution proceedings – Appellant’s…
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Tim Martin Interiors Ltd v Akin Gump LLP
Costs – Solicitors Act 1974 – Assessment – Mortgagor defaulting on mortgages – Mortgagee instructing solicitor to enforce mortgages – Mortgagee paying solicitor’s bill in full – Mortgagor ultimately paying…