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Turner v Coupland Cavendish – High Court requires law firm to provide information about commissions on ATE premiums, and the Gibraltar company to which it had diverted its success fee

In Turner v Coupland Cavendish Ltd [2025] EWHC 1605 (KB) (26 June 2025), Mr. Justice Sweeting allowed an appeal brought by JG Solicitors on behalf of ...

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When is it too late to demand a statutory bill from your solicitors?

Watson and Verma v Slater and Gordon UK Limited, NCN No. [2023] EWHC 1857 (SCCO)(Costs) Solicitors are obliged to provide clients with a "statuto...

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Firm ordered to repay success fee deducted without consent

The judgment reported on by the Law Society Gazette reveals multiple failings which, if dealt with correctly, would have saved this client a huge amou...

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Supreme Court ruling provides "clear guidance" in costs recovery in inheritance claims

Supreme Court ruling provides ‘clear guidance’ in costs recovery in inheritance claims | Law Gazette Ruling on how ‘financial need’ should be consider...

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Scott Morgan and Irwin Mitchell - £1,875.13 clawed back from compensation deductions, but questions about hourly rates and ATE insurance go unanswered

We are pleased to have resolved our client Scott Morgan's dispute over legal fees with Irwin Mitchell Scott was involved in an accident in September 2...

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