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Save costs – mediate

Having just successfully resolved a case today and saved the parties approx £100,000 costs they would have incurred, I can corroborate the comments made in a recent case. In the case of Ociusnet UK Ltd & Anor v Altus Digital Media Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 3377...

When is it too late to mediate?

In a recent case, Hankin v Barrington & Ors [2021] EWHC B1 (Costs) (05 January 2022), the Court looked at whether the advocate’s claim for £110,000 fee for attending trial should be reduced following settlement at a mediation. It concluded that the fee to be paid...

Settlement of the week – TUI settles claim

It is reported that Tui has reached a settlement with with survivors and relatives of British tourists killed in the Tunisia beach terror attack in 2015. It is not known whether the parties mediated or reached the settlement without mediation. However, the joint...