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James Murray v Richard Slade & Co Ltd : an important appeal victory

Appeal Court upholds disallowance of £18,000 counsel's fees, and finding that a CFA had been terminated unlawfully

We are pleased to have secured an appeal victory for our client, James Murray,  handed down on 17th December. Sir Andrew Nicol upheld M...

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Stephen North v Neil Davies and Partners Solicitors

The solicitors bills were well in excess of the range of fees estimated at the outset

Another great result for a client that had concerns over his legal fees but didn't know where to turn. This is just another example of why former clie...

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Erlam v Edmonds Marshall McMahon Limited : Court finds entitlement to assessment of what the solicitors had argued were "interim statute bills" and therefore out of time for assessment

We are really pleased to be able to publish the approved transcript of this judgment, given by Master Brown in the Senior Courts Costs Office in&...

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Just because your solicitors say it is too late to challenge their bill, don’t take their word for it

The solicitors argued that the client was largely out of time to challenge bills

Masters v Charles Fussell & Co LLP [2021] EWHC B1 (Costs) (11 January 2021) See the full judgment here https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Costs/...

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Zulfikar Masters v Charles Fussell & Co LLP : Entitlement to assessment of "interim bills" totalling £930,000

Reaffirming the principle that

Checkmylegalfees acted for the Claimant in establishing, in a judgment handed down on 11th January 2021, entitlement to assessment of just under ...

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