PRACTICE DIRECTION
PARTS 43 - 48 - SCHEDULE OF COSTS PRECEDENTS
PRECEDENT H
SCHEDULE OF COSTS PRECEDENTS
PRECEDENT HIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE 2000 - B - 9999 QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION BRIGHTON DISTRICT REGISTRY BETWEEN AB Claimant - and - CD Defendant
ESTIMATE OF CLAIMANT'S COSTS DATED 12th APRIL 2001
The claimant instructed E F & Co under a conditional fee agreement dated 8th July 2000 in respect of which the following hourly rates are recoverable as base costs
Partner - £180 per hour plus VAT
Assistant Solicitor - £140 per hour plus VAT
Other fee earners - £85 per hour plus VAT
Item No. Description of work done V.A.T. Disburse -ments Profit Costs PART 1: BASE COSTS ALREADY INCURRED 8th July 2000 - EF & Co instructed 7th October 2000 - Claim issued 1 Issue fee — £400.00 21st October 2000 - Particulars of claim served 25th November 2000 - Time for service of defence extended by agreement to 14th January 2001 2 Fee on allocation — £80.00 20th January 2001 - case allocated to multi-track 9th February 2001 - Case management conference at which costs were awarded to the claimant and the base costs were summarily assessed at £400 (paid on 24th February 2001) — 23rd February 2001 - Claimant's list of documents ATTENDANCES, COMMUNICATIONS AND WORK DONE Claimant 3 0.75 hours at £180 £135.00 4 4.4 hours at £140 £616.00 To Summary £ — £480.00 £751.00 Witnesses of Fact 5 3.8 hours at £140 £532.00 6 Paid travelling on 9th October 2000 £4.02 £22.96 Medical expert (Dr. IJ) 7 1.5 hours at £140 £210.00 8 Dr. IJ''s fee for report £350.00 Defendant and his solicitor 9 2.5 hours at £140 £350.00 Court (communications only) 10 0.4 hours at £140 56.00 Documents 11 0.75 hours at £180 and 22.25 hours at £140 £3,250.00 Negotiations 12 2.75 hours at £140 385.00 13 VAT on solicitor's base fees £968.45 To Summary £972.47 £372.96 £4,783.00 PART2: BASE COSTS TO BE INCURRED 14 Fee on listing — 400.00 Attendance at pre-trial review 15 5 hours at £140 700.00 16 Counsel's base fee for pre-trial review 750.00 Attendance at trial 17 20 hours at £140 £2,800.00 18 Counsel's base fee for trial including refresher £3,000.00 19 Fee of expert witness (Dr. IJ) — £1,000.00 20 Expenses of witnesses of fact — £150.00 ATTENDANCES, COMMUNICATIONS AND WORK TO BE DONE Claimant 21 1 hour at £180 £180.00 22 8 hours at £140 £1,120.00 Witnesses of fact 23 5 hours at £140 £700.00 Medical expert (Dr. IJ) 24 1 hour at £140 £140.00 Defendant and his solicitor 25 2 hours at £140 £280.00 To Summary £ — £5,300.00 £5,920.00 Court (communications only) 26 1 hour at £140 £140.00 Counsel (communications only) 27 3 hours at £140 £420.00 Documents 28 1 hour at £180, 25 hours at £140 and 15 hours at £85 £4,995.00 Negotiations 29 5 hours at £140 £700.00 Other work 30 5 hours at £140 £700.00 31 VAT on solicitor's base fees £2,253.13 To Summary £2,253.13 £ — £6,955.00 SUMMARY Part 1 Page 1 £ — £480.00 751.00 Page 2 £972.47 £372.96 £4,783.00 Total base costs already incurred
£972.47
£852.96
£5,534.00Part 2 Page 2 £ — £5,300.00 £5,920.00 Page 3 £2,253.13 £ — £6,955.00 Total base costs to be incurred
£2,253.13
£5,300.00
£12,875.00Total of base costs £3,225.60 £6,152.96 £18,409.00 Grand total
£27,787.56
Return to the Practice Directions Index