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Civil way: 6 September 2019

05 September 2019
Issue: 7854 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Revisiting no order as to costs; summary assessment forms change; new appeal points; housing provider slips up; ECJ on flight compensation; bundle inheritance

NOT TOO LATE, TOO MUCH

The general rule is that when the court makes an order which is silent on costs, no party is entitled to costs. That’s CPR 44.10 (1) (a). The general rule also applies to family proceedings. That’s FPR 28.2.

Can a retrospective order for costs be made? Yes. The Court of Appeal has just so ruled in the children case of Timokhina v Timokhin [2019] EWCA Civ 1284. Whether the court would actually make the retrospective order, stated vice-president Underhill LJ, is to depend on the circumstances of the case and the application would be considered against the backdrop of CPR 44.10 (1)(a).

The costs sought by the father in this case were eye watering. The mother having conceded that she would withdraw an appeal to a circuit judge and pay standard basis costs, a hearing proceeded to solely determine the basis of assessment. The

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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