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Costs Law Reports is the one authoritative source of costs law reporting. It includes important criminal decisions of Costs Judges, many of which are not available elsewhere. Cases in this issue: Brown-Quinn and Others v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd and Another; Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd; Lilleyman v Lilleyman and Another; F&C Alternative Investments (Holdings) Ltd and Others v Barthelemy and Another; Brit Inns Ltd and Others v BDW Trading Ltd and Another; Procter & Gamble Company v Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA and Another; Jolly v Harsco Infrastructure Services Ltd; R (Rawlinson and Hunter Trustees SA and Others) v Central Criminal Court and Others; Light On Line Ltd and Another v Zumtobel Lighting Ltd; Phillips & Co (a Firm) v Bath Housing Co-operative Ltd; R v Hart-Badger; and R v Nettleton.Topics covered in these cases include: after-the-event insurance, conditional fee agreements, deciding the successful party, disclosure, exaggerated claims, expert evidence, freedom to choose one's own lawyer, hourly rates, indemnity costs, interest, jurisdiction, legal expenses insurance, non-panel rates, Part 36 offers, relief from sanctions, success fees, time limits, costs orders under CPR 36.14, unpaid bills, unreasonable conduct, and without prejudice offers. |