Fixed Recoverable Costs – The transitional provisions and consequential problems

With the latest regime extending fixed recoverable costs reaching its one-year anniversary, Nick McDonnell, Director and Costs Lawyer with Kain Knight will discuss the ambiguities surrounding the regime’s transitional provisions, the consequential confusion emanating from the judiciary, parties and Court staff as well as examining the implications arising from the recent case of Asmat Bi v Tesco Underwriting Ltd (in the County Court at Manchester) [2024].

Topics covered include:

• What types of cases are caught and when
• Court staff confusion
• Judicial confusion
• Party confusion
• Bi v Tesco