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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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Probate solicitors lack supervision and relevant training, finds SRA

Probate firms and solicitors fall short on competence policies, SRA review finds | Law Gazette Just nine out of 30 sample files showed evidence of sup...

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Solicitor prevented from charging for his time spent as an executor because of absence of an express charging clause under a will.

Article by our Jack Beckett Brealey v Shepherd & Co Solicitors [2024] EWCA Civ 303 (26 March 2024) Background to the Appeal This case was a second...

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Mark Carlisle

Mark is founder of Checkmylegalfees.com. He started his career in legal costs in 1987 at a firm in Buckinghamshire and set up his own Law Costs Drafti...

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