The High Court's Costs Office has stuck to the middle ground in its judgment of a significant test case between Claims Direct claimants and liability insurers.
The claimants, who had won cases agai ...
The High Court's Costs Office has stuck to the middle ground in its judgment of a significant test case between Claims Direct claimants and liability insurers.
The claimants, who had won cases against the insurers, were fighting to have their full after-the-event (ATE) premium of £1,250 paid by the insurers.
The case was tipped to be more significant that Callery v Gray on deciding the future of the ATE market.
The insurers had offered by pay up to £200 as a reasonable premium.
However, the senior costs judge ordered the insurers to pay £612.
The claimants will now consider whether to appeal the judgment in the Court of Appeal.
The insurers had not sought leave to appeal.
Claimants' solicitor Howard Colman of Colman Coyle said he had not been able to fully analyse the 100-page judgment that was released this morning.
"It's better for claimants than they would have got any other way but they're still out of pocket because they've already paid these ATE premiums," he said.
