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JL v SL (No 2) [2015] EWHC 360 (Fam)
Judgment date: 18 February 2015
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https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2026/85?query=Kroupeeva+Kroupeev+%5B2026%5D+EWFC+85+%2825+March+2026%29
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Costs Judge Whalan. Unsuccessful application by the claimant for a s 70 Solicitors Act 1974 assessment of the invoices delivered by the defendant law firm. Invoices were Interim Statute Bills, and no special circumstances were found to justify assessment by the court.
Carl Brendan Hammond v Herrington Carmichael LLP [2026] EWHC 701 (SCCO)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/scco/2026/701?query=%5B2026%5D+EWHC+701+%28SCCO%29
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Elena Gennadievna Kroupeeva v Mikhail Viacheslavovich Kroupeev [2026] EWFC 85
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2026/85?query=Kroupeeva+Kroupeev+%5B2026%5D+EWFC+85+%2825+March+2026%29
Hammond v Herrington Carmichael LLP [2026] EWHC 701 (SCCO)
Costs Judge Whalan. Unsuccessful application by the claimant for a s 70 Solicitors Act 1974 assessment of the invoices delivered by the defendant law firm. Invoices were Interim Statute Bills, and no special circumstances were found to justify assessment by the court.
Carl Brendan Hammond v Herrington Carmichael LLP [2026] EWHC 701 (SCCO)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/scco/2026/701?query=%5B2026%5D+EWHC+701+%28SCCO%29
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