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20 March 2015
Issue: 7645 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Costs

Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc and others [2015] EWHC 566 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 109 (Mar)

Following an earlier judgment (see [2014] EWHC 3436 (Comm)), the Commercial Court considered, among other things, the percentage of the costs claimed that were to be awarded against the claimant, whether the rate prescribed pursuant to the Judgments Act 1838 should start any earlier than the judgment date, and the date from which interest was to be calculated. It held that interest would be payable at the rate prescribed pursuant to the 1838 Act, and that 80% of the sum claimed was a reasonable figure for an interim payment on account of costs and interest.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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