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The court held that the retainer was not a contentious business agreement and that the invoices delivered on 17 September 2024 were not interim statutory bills.
Bugsby Property LLC v Stewarts Law LLP [2026] EWHC 275 (SCCO) (16 February 2026)
The High Court stayed Solicitors Act assessment proceedings for three months pending a distribution decision, with a £200,000 interim payment if revived.
The Winros Partnership v Global Energy Horizons Corporation [2025] EWHC 3362 (Ch) (19 December 2025)
High Court appeal over solicitors’ fee assessment under a CFA was dismissed. The court held no restitutionary claim arose and nil assessment was proper.
Pickering v Thomas Mansfield Solicitors Ltd [2025] EWHC 3021 (SCCO) (14 November 2025)
The court dismissed a solicitor’s application for security for costs in a Solicitors Act assessment, finding no evidence the client put assets beyond reach.
Diagnostics.Ai Ltd v Dentons UK & Middle East LLP [2025] EWHC 2071 (SCCO) (04 August 2025)
The court granted a claimant in a solicitor-client costs assessment inspection of the defendant law firm’s files limited to the work described in disputed bills.
The court held that Project Red Card was a joint venture, not a solicitor-client retainer, so Global Sports Data was not liable for IPS Law’s claimed fees.
The Imaging Centre Mobile Ltd v Morr & Co LLP [2025] EWHC 1039 (SCCO) (30 April 2025)
Summary assessment of costs under the Solicitors Act 1974. The court allowed £6,000 for the claimant and assessed the defendant’s costs at £64,750, with a net £58,750 payable.
Mehta v Howard Kennedy LLP [2025] EWHC 1008 (SCCO) (25 April 2025)
The court held that the solicitor’s invoices were interim statute bills, rejected the CBA argument, found some bills paid under s.70, and refused most assessments.
The court held that the claimant’s conduct did not justify departing from costs-follow-event principles and awarded the application costs to the claimant.
The SCCO dismissed a Part 8 claim for solicitor-client costs assessment, holding it was out of time, no special circumstances were shown, and Part 7 proceedings already covered the dispute.
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