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20 March 2015
Issue: 7645 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Costs

Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc and others [2015] EWHC 566 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 109 (Mar)

Following an earlier judgment (see [2014] EWHC 3436 (Comm)), the Commercial Court considered, among other things, the percentage of the costs claimed that were to be awarded against the claimant, whether the rate prescribed pursuant to the Judgments Act 1838 should start any earlier than the judgment date, and the date from which interest was to be calculated. It held that interest would be payable at the rate prescribed pursuant to the 1838 Act, and that 80% of the sum claimed was a reasonable figure for an interim payment on account of costs and interest.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
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Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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