Bill of Costs in UK Law

Leading Cases
  • Richard Slade and Company Solicitors v Mr Jugmohan Boodia and Another (Respondents/Claimants)
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 31 October 2017

    It does not state that disbursements are not costs or that they need not be included in a statute bill. The section clearly indicates that disbursements are regarded as costs for the purposes of statute bills. Further, Section 67 does not render inclusion of disbursements in a statute bill optional. It provides that liability for those costs which have not yet been paid by the solicitor but incurred by him may be included in a statute bill.

    The Master was bound by statute as explained in authority to hold that an interim statute bill must contain a bill of all costs including profit costs and disbursements in respect of agreed periods of time. Although this may be unlikely in continuing litigation where client and solicitor are enjoying good relations, it may be otherwise when those relations have become less amicable.

  • Lahey v Pirelli Tyres Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 February 2007

  • Gempride Ltd v Jagrit Bamrah
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 June 2018

    The analysis which led her to that conclusion has certainly never been explained. I consider that her conduct permitted no reasonable explanation and, in the light of the indemnity principle, no competent solicitor acting reasonably would have certified Part 1 of the bill of costs in the circumstances in which Ms Bamrah did so. For those reasons, her own conduct was unreasonable or improper for the purposes of CPR rule 44.11

  • Burchell v Bullard and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 April 2005

    The modern tendency is at least to consider the award of costs on an issue by issue basis. The recorder addressed that but dismissed it because of the difficulty in the preparation of a bill of costs and the enormous complication of the process of detailed assessment. I also agree with him that it is better if possible to deal with the matter another way. His judgment shows, however, that he did not find another way: he resorted to costs following the event.

    His error in my judgment was to fetter his discretion and not to go on to consider, as he should have considered, what alternatives were available to him. The most obvious and frequently most desirable option is that signposted in CPR 44.3 paragraph (6)(a), namely to order a proportion of the party's costs to be paid.

  • Ernst Malmsten v Lara Bohinc
    • Chancery Division
    • 07 June 2019

    In my judgment, the Master was entirely right to leave both VAT and the costs of drawing the bill out of account when considering the question of proportionality. These are no more than distorting factors, when considering the overall proportionality of costs. The fact is that, when consideration proportionality, one is seeking to determine whether there is a proper – a proportionate – relationship between the overall costs and the action or the application giving rise to those costs.

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Legislation
  • Solicitors Act 1957
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1957
    ... ... and administration apply; or ... ) without having paid a penalty or costs ordered by the ... disciplinary committee to be paid by him; or ... ) ... S-64 ... Form of bill of costs for contentious business. 64 Form of bill of costs for ... ...
  • Solicitors Act 1974
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1974
    ... ... the High Court may make such order as it thinks fit as to payment of costs ... (4B) The decision of the High Court on an appeal under subsection ... 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(i) ... 64: Form of bill of costs for contentious business ... (1) Where the remuneration of a ... ...
  • Rules of the Supreme Court (Revision) 1965
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1965
    ... ... 22. Payment into and out of court ... 23. Security for costs ... 24. Discovery and inspection of documents ... 25. Summons for ... any process, and a claimant alleges that he is entitled, under a bill of sale or otherwise, to the goods or chattels by way of security for ... ...
  • County Courts Act 1934
    • UK Non-devolved
    • January 01, 1934
    ... ... for the payment of damages and costs, and also, if he ... thinks fit, may impose such fine upon the officer, ... issued otherwise orders, be made by public auction ... and not by bill of sale or private contract, and shall be ... publicly advertised by the ... ...
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