| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2010] All ER (D) 126 (Jul) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2010] EWCA Civ 767 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Lloyd, Etherton and Elias LJJ |
| Representation | Mohammed Haque (under the Bar Direct Access scheme) for the claimants for the first part of the appeal. The claimants appeared in person for the remainder of the appeal. |
| Leona Powell (instructed by CMS Cameron McKenna) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 13 July 2010 |
Catchwords
Costs - Order for costs - Claimants ordered to pay defendant's costs - Claimants contending liability limited to £1,000 - Whether agreement shown whereby liability of defendant for its solicitor's fees and disbursements expressly limited to £1,000 - Whether solicitor's neglect of its professional duties preventing it from recovering fees and disbursements from defendant - Whether defendant therefore liable to solicitors to pay costs and disbursements at reasonable rates for work reasonably undertaken in course of retainer.
The Case
Costs Order for costs. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the claimants' appeal against an order concerning their payment of costs as no agreement had been shown whereby the liability of the defendant for the solicitor's fees and disbursements was expressly limited to 1,000.
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