Originally posted by Darius871
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WE also have two types of costs
Part and party costs are according to a fee schedule-- it usually covers a bit over half of your legal bill depending on which row the schedule the judge sets.
Solictor client costs can also be awarded in the discretion of the court or pursuant to a variety of rules around settlement offers. Worst or best case--depending on your point of view was where this came up in a personal injury case. It was a car accident where liability was admitted and the damages part took a couple of weeks--- The plaintiff WAS hurt but lied completely about the severity and the defense had the videotape. His award of 40,000 was less than the settlement offer the defence had made so the defense got solicitor client costs for everything after they made the offer-- The plaintiff ended up owing money and his lawyer-- who was on contingency and was legitimately blindsided got nothing--- so the system "worked" to reward the party that made the reasonable offer to settle.
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