Private costs The court will decide whether private costs should be assessed on either the: • standard basis—whereby costs will be allowed that are proportionate to the...
A Calderbank offer is a settlement offer marked ‘without prejudice save as to costs’. Whether a Calderbank offer is admissible, and what weight will be given to it, will...
General provisions The court may make, at any time, such order as to costs as it thinks just. By virtue of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955,...
General principles In children proceedings the general rule that costs will follow the event does not apply. Express statutory provision is made in the Family Procedure...
Failure to advise on legal aid eligibility may amount to negligence, even where a firm does not carry out legal aid work, and a client’s potential eligibility for legal...
This Practice Note is impacted by the decision of the UK on 23 June 2016 to leave the EU. This has implications for practitioners considering which courts have...
Misconduct and wasted costs orders A wasted costs order is an order:CPR PD 46, para 5.1 • that a legal representative pay a sum (either specified or to...