Costs in Housing Disrepair Claims - Recent Case Law & Developments

Introduction

In the evolving world of costs, this new virtual classroom seminar will look at recent case law and developments that have a direct impact on the recovery of legal costs.

The session will highlight some of the costs decisions arising from housing disrepair claims and how the court approaches costs when conducting assessments.

It will also explore every day issues impacting on costs recoveries such as misconduct, hourly rates and proportionality.

The session assumes delegates have a good grasp of the Civil Procedure Rules.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Whether a claimant should pursue the landlord’s complaints process
• The costs position on claims settled pre and post allocation
• Costs on the small claims track
• The reasonableness of expert fees
• The court’s approach to proportionality and hourly rates

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.