Potential claims may no longer be lost to panel firms of legal expense insurers as the FSA toughen up explains Paul Turner-Mitchell The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the case of Erhard Eschig v UNIQA Sachversicherung AG (C-199/08) on 10 September 2009 made it clear that any provisions of a contract that detract from, or qualify in any way, the freedom to choose a Solicitor, will not be co...
Read MoreReview of Kris Motor Spares Ltd v. Fox Williams 2010 EWHC 1008 (QB) and Kenneth Ronald Parker v. Joel Carlos Seixo 2010 EWHC 90162 (Costs) in respect of assessing level of ATE premiums, documentation to assist in recovering the full amount of the premium and whether an insurance premium taken on late on in a claim is recoverable, further evidence of Lord Justice Jackson being quoted in cost cases...
Read MoreEweida –v- British Airways PLC [2009] EWCA Civ 1025: the Court of Appeal set aside a costs cap on the basis that the exceptionality test could not be satisfied.
Widlake –v- BAA Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1256: where a claim had been dishonestly exaggerated it was appropriate to make no order for costs even where the claimant had beaten a payment into court.
