The Civil Procedure Committee has confirmed that the new electronic bill of costs will become mandatory in the SCCO for new matter starts after 1st October 2017. Implementation of the bill into other courts is still being discussed. Updates to CPR will be made in July to account for the changes.
Kutter Walters is preparing for the changes accordingly and programmes which already enables preparation of the new form bill.
Litigators should be aware of the typical cost orders that a Court can make. Most final cost orders are self-explanatory, however, there are certain costs
Litigators will be acutely aware that an award of costs is a judgment debt and, as such, interest will run from the date of the
Costs Judge Nagalingam has handed down another decision where a series of interim invoices raised to a client failed to comply with the strict requirements
