District Judge Christopher Lethem
- Feature
Chartwell – relief from sanctions
A judgment deriving from an exception to the general rule on efficiency and proportionality.
- Feature
Variation of budgets – part 2
The second part in this series examines the issues that can arise when court-approved budgets are no longer viable.
- Feature
Variation of budgets – part 1
Christopher Lethem considers an important aspect of the post-Jackson regime.
- News
Costs belong to the client
Fact or fiction? Solicitors are retained by a client. They issue and prosecute a judicial review of the decision of the secretary of state for the home department (SSHD). They settle the action on terms that include payment of their reasonable costs. Within six months, their client has diverted the ...