Counsel Fee Dispute for Attendance at Court Following Consent to Vacate in Fixed Costs

Counsel Fee Dispute Overview

ARC Costs were instructed to assist on a case in which the Paying Party failed to make an offer to pay for counsel fees, which totalled to £900 + VAT. The paying party’s reasoning for not putting forward an offer for Counsel fees was “no offer has been made for the Counsel fees being claimed as the Hearing did not take place and therefore is not recoverable.”

ARC then asked the Paying Party for their consent to arrange a remote hearing to settle the outstanding matters of Counsel fees, as well as an additional dispute regarding application costs. The Paying Party consented to this remote hearing and a telephone hearing was arranged. Costs negotiations were still ongoing during this time via email between the two parties.

Ultimately, ARC were successful in their pursuit of having the Counsel fees covered by the Paying Party, and recovered the costs of the application.

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How can ARC Costs Assist You?

The Costs Draftsmen and Costs Lawyers at ARC Costs are highly experienced in the recovery of legal costs.

We can assist in the recovery of Counsel fees by contacting the paying party in an attempt to obtain agreed costs.

We can also assist in the recovery of your costs at detailed assessment. We can assist in the drafting of your bills of costs, points of dispute and replies to points of dispute. If an agreement cannot be reached as to costs, we can further assist by providing representation at detailed and porvisional assessment hearings at Court.

If you require any free initial advice, or our assistance with regards to any aspect of costs, please email us at info@arccosts.co.uk, or contact us via the Contact Us page and one of the team will get in touch on the same working day. Our team can also be called on 01204 397302.