http://costslawreports.co.ukCosts Law Reports provide the only dedicated, authoritative source of costs cases, both civil and criminal, available both in print and online.Contentious business agreements: factors to apply in deciding whether a solicitor's retainer was a contentious business agreement in which case an action to recover unpaid fees was an abuse of the court's process.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Broadfield_Law_UK_LLP_Formerly_BDB_Pitmans_LLP_v_Barnes_2026_Costs_LR_781_5620https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Broadfield_Law_UK_LLP_Formerly_BDB_Pitmans_LLP_v_Barnes_2026_Costs_LR_781_5620Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:58:00 +0000Non-party costs orders: factors to apply in deciding whether it was appropriate to make non-party costs orders where the respondents to the litigation were the funders and persons who were substantially to benefit.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Thomas_Barnes_Sons_plc_in_Administration_v_Blackburn_With_Darwen_Borough_Council_2026_Costs_LR_765_5619https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Thomas_Barnes_Sons_plc_in_Administration_v_Blackburn_With_Darwen_Borough_Council_2026_Costs_LR_765_5619Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:45:25 +0000Costs of interim injunctions: whether costs reserved on interim applications should follow the ultimate outcome of the proceedings: that the unsuccessful party should pay the successful party's costs under CPR 44.2(2).https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/AstraZeneca_AB_and_Another_v_Glenmark_Pharmaceuticals_Europe_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_695_5618https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/AstraZeneca_AB_and_Another_v_Glenmark_Pharmaceuticals_Europe_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_695_5618Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:58:25 +0000Assessment under s 194 of the Legal Services Act 2007; London rates where solicitors allocated by charity; reduction of excessive rates and hours; broad brush approach; payment to Access to Justice Foundation.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/EJW_Builders_Ltd_and_Another_v_Marshall_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_653_5617https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/EJW_Builders_Ltd_and_Another_v_Marshall_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_653_5617Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:48:01 +0000Security for costs and summary judgment of solicitor and own client costs: amount of security to be ordered where the Part 20 claimant would be unable to pay the costs if unsuccessful, and whether undisputed invoices should be subject to a common law assessment.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Baker_Botts_UK_LLP_v_Carbon_Holdings_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_519_5616https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Baker_Botts_UK_LLP_v_Carbon_Holdings_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_519_5616Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:21:38 +0000Interlocutory costs: whether the court below had been wrong in not having followed the general rule that costs follow the event.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Cook_v_Skeggs_2026_Costs_LR_491_5615https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Cook_v_Skeggs_2026_Costs_LR_491_5615Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:32:22 +0000Costs of action on the indemnity basis: factors to consider when ordering indemnity basis costs including whether it was appropriate to “salami slice” the order for costs and whether proportionality was a relevant factor.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/The_New_Lottery_Company_Ltd_and_Another_v_The_Gambling_Commission_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_481_5614https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/The_New_Lottery_Company_Ltd_and_Another_v_The_Gambling_Commission_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_481_5614Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:32:09 +0000Detailed assessment proceedings: whether omitting to sign the mandatory certifications on the bill of costs rendered the bill invalid and the proceedings a nullity.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Duffy_v_Birmingham_City_Council_2026_Costs_LR_467_5613https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Duffy_v_Birmingham_City_Council_2026_Costs_LR_467_5613Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:53:30 +0000Non-party costs orders: whether detailed assessment proceedings should proceed in tandem with applications for non-party costs orders.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/The_Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria_v_VR_Global_Partners_LP_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_425_5612https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/The_Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria_v_VR_Global_Partners_LP_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_425_5612Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:09:33 +0000Consequentials: factors to apply in deciding the liability costs following a split trial and level of payment on account in very complex litigation.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Município_De_Mariana_and_Others_v_BHP_Group_UK_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_443_5611https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Município_De_Mariana_and_Others_v_BHP_Group_UK_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_443_5611Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:07:55 +0000Consequentials in the Court of Appeal: whether the SRA should pay the costs in the Court of Appeal and below where it had the benefit of a determination of the SDT and challenged it on appeal.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Dentons_UK_and_Middle_East_LLP_v_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_Ltd_2026_Costs_LR_459_5610https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Dentons_UK_and_Middle_East_LLP_v_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_Ltd_2026_Costs_LR_459_5610Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:37:43 +0000Costs of amendments: proportionate costs to allow where an application to strike out parts of the reply had been pursued aggressively.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Limbu_and_23_Others_v_Dyson_Technology_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_415_5609https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Limbu_and_23_Others_v_Dyson_Technology_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_415_5609Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:58:49 +0000Fixed costs: where a Part 36 offer had been made before allocation of a case to a track and accepted after allocation to the multi-track, whether costs were payable on the standard basis up to the date of expiry of the offer, or fixed costs were payable under CPR Part 45.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Attersley_v_UK_Insurance_Ltd_2026_Costs_LR_395_5608https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Attersley_v_UK_Insurance_Ltd_2026_Costs_LR_395_5608Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:15:55 +0000Conduct of litigation: whether an unauthorised person could perform tasks which were within the scope of the conduct of litigation within s 12(1) of the Legal Services Act 2007 under supervision by an authorised person.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Mazur_and_Others_v_Charles_Russell_Speechlys_LLP_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_309_5607https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Mazur_and_Others_v_Charles_Russell_Speechlys_LLP_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_309_5607Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:44:55 +0000Costs of interested parties: factors to apply in deciding whether an intervenor in proceedings for an injunction involving a tripartite contract should be entitled to costs and to a summary assessment.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/CR_Construction_UK_Ltd_v_Barclays_Bank_plc_and_Another_2026_Costs_LR_383_5606https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/CR_Construction_UK_Ltd_v_Barclays_Bank_plc_and_Another_2026_Costs_LR_383_5606Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:41:08 +0000Security for costs: appropriate order where an application for security had been issued under CPR Part 25 but compromised before the hearing date.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Harrington_Charles_Trading_Company_Ltd_in_Liquidation_and_Others_v_Mehta_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_371_5605https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Harrington_Charles_Trading_Company_Ltd_in_Liquidation_and_Others_v_Mehta_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_371_5605Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:41:02 +0000Costs budgeting: whether there should be a departure from the usual order in costs management hearings that the costs should be in the case.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Various_Claimants_v_Mercedes_Benz_Group_AG_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_301_5604https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Various_Claimants_v_Mercedes_Benz_Group_AG_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_301_5604Tue, 12 May 2026 15:43:16 +0000Security for costs: appropriate figure to order under CPR Part 25 where the underlying arbitration was reasonably straightforward and did not require the most expensive solicitors on the market to conduct it.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Limited_Liability_Company_Air_Company_Air_Manas_v_GTLK_Middle_East_SPV_Three_Ltd_2026_Costs_LR_293_5603https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Limited_Liability_Company_Air_Company_Air_Manas_v_GTLK_Middle_East_SPV_Three_Ltd_2026_Costs_LR_293_5603Mon, 11 May 2026 21:55:30 +0000Costs budgeting: factors to apply in deciding whether there had been significant developments in the litigation justifying variations under CPR 3.18(A).https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Newmark_Company_Real_Estate_Inc_and_Another_v_Newmark_Property_Consultants_Ltd_and_Another_2026_Costs_LR_281_5602https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Newmark_Company_Real_Estate_Inc_and_Another_v_Newmark_Property_Consultants_Ltd_and_Another_2026_Costs_LR_281_5602Mon, 11 May 2026 21:55:16 +0000Part 36: whether the costs order should be adjusted where the claim had not been solely about money and the claimants had not succeeded on all the claims.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Cooper_and_Others_v_Ludgate_House_Ltd_2026_Costs_LR_263_5601https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Cooper_and_Others_v_Ludgate_House_Ltd_2026_Costs_LR_263_5601Sun, 10 May 2026 11:41:18 +0000Costs budgets: whether relief from sanction should be given where one defendant had failed to file and serve a costs budget within the time allowed under CPR 3.13.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/National_House_Building_Council_v_Hodson_Developments_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_253_5600https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/National_House_Building_Council_v_Hodson_Developments_Ltd_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_253_5600Tue, 05 May 2026 14:27:45 +0000Costs of interested parties: issues to take into account when deciding whether these should be reserved to the trial judge.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Cubic_Transportation_Systems_Ltd_v_Transport_for_London_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_245_5599https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Cubic_Transportation_Systems_Ltd_v_Transport_for_London_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_245_5599Tue, 05 May 2026 14:27:38 +0000Costs following applications for funding information: adequacy of ATE insurance; costs following the event; apportionment by reference to relative success.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Pan_NOx_Emissions_Group_Litigation_Funding_Information_and_Disclosure_Hearing_21_November_2025_2026_Costs_LR_239_5598https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Pan_NOx_Emissions_Group_Litigation_Funding_Information_and_Disclosure_Hearing_21_November_2025_2026_Costs_LR_239_5598Tue, 05 May 2026 14:27:28 +0000Judicial review costs: whether the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) had jurisdiction to order the Secretary of State (SS) to pay costs where the SS had withdrawn a refusal to allow an interested party British citizenship.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/R_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department_v_Special_Immigration_Appeals_Commission_and_Others_2025_Costs_LR_1977_5596https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/R_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department_v_Special_Immigration_Appeals_Commission_and_Others_2025_Costs_LR_1977_5596Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:51:46 +0000Consequentials: whether the CPR 36.17(4) enhancements including indemnity basis costs should apply to the counterclaim as well as to the claim.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Matière_SAS_v_ABM_Precast_Solutions_Ltd_2025_Costs_LR_1955_5595https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Matière_SAS_v_ABM_Precast_Solutions_Ltd_2025_Costs_LR_1955_5595Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:45:26 +0000Part 36 offers: whether judicial reading days counted when calculating the 21-day "relevant period" under the rule.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Gagliardi_v_Evolution_Capital_Management_LLC_2026_Costs_LR_215_5594https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Gagliardi_v_Evolution_Capital_Management_LLC_2026_Costs_LR_215_5594Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:26:59 +0000Interpreter's fees: whether a breakdown of the invoice was required before the court could assess the reasonableness and proportionality of the fee.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Motor_Insurers_Bureau_v_Santiago_2026_Costs_LR_231_5593https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Motor_Insurers_Bureau_v_Santiago_2026_Costs_LR_231_5593Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:26:58 +0000Discontinuance under CPR Part 38; factors to apply in deciding whether there should be a departure from the presumption under CPR 38.6 that the party discontinuing should pay the costs, and instead there be a Bullock order.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/In_re_The_Russian_Aircraft_Litigation_Operator_Policy_Claims_2026_Costs_LR_183_5591https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/In_re_The_Russian_Aircraft_Litigation_Operator_Policy_Claims_2026_Costs_LR_183_5591Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:25:53 +0000Executors’ costs: whether executors in a failed action to remove another executor were entitled to an indemnity out of the estate of the deceased in respect of those costs.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Shufflebotham_and_Another_v_Shuff_Wentzel_2026_Costs_LR_203_5592https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/Shufflebotham_and_Another_v_Shuff_Wentzel_2026_Costs_LR_203_5592Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:26:03 +0000Discontinuance under CPR Part 38; factors to apply when deciding whether to depart from the usual costs order where discontinuance had followed a change of government and the repeal of legislation under judicial review.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/R_Public_and_Commercial_Services_Union_v_The_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department_2026_Costs_LR_159_5590https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/R_Public_and_Commercial_Services_Union_v_The_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department_2026_Costs_LR_159_5590Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:20:10 +0000Costs schedules for summary assessment: consequences of failing to serve Form N260 where an appeal had been concluded by the Court of Appeal in one day.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/R_Public_and_Commercial_Services_Union_v_The_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department_2026_Costs_LR_179_5589https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/R_Public_and_Commercial_Services_Union_v_The_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department_2026_Costs_LR_179_5589Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:15:50 +0000Consequentials: factors to deploy when deciding the reasonable figure to order as a payment on account in very high value commercial litigation.https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/JSC_Commercial_Bank_Privatbank_v_Kolomoisky_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_137_5588https://costslawreports.co.uk/reports/JSC_Commercial_Bank_Privatbank_v_Kolomoisky_and_Others_2026_Costs_LR_137_5588Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:34:24 +0000