Law digests: 28 March 2025

Costs

Captivatiun Ltd v Orr Litchfield Solicitors Ltd [2025] Lexis Citation 615

This was a costs judgment before the Senior Courts Costs Office in Part 8 proceedings where the court dismissed the claimant’s application for a detailed assessment of the defendant solicitor’s fees under the Solicitors Act 1974. The key finding was that the claimant failed to establish ‘special circumstances’ that would justify allowing the assessment due to being significantly out of time, and that the claimant’s use of Part 8 in this particular case was an abuse of process.

Wagner v Bright Station Ventures Management Ltd [2025] EWHC 669 (KB)

This was a consequential hearing before the King’s Bench Division, following a substantive judgment in a case between Mr Wagner (the claimant) and Bright Station Ventures Management Ltd (BSVM) (the defendant). The case involved the calculation of the net sum due between the parties and the appropriate order on costs after Mr Wagner’s claims against BSVM succeeded in part and BSVM’s counterclaim largely failed. The court found that: (i) the evidence indicated that BSVL, as the parent company,