It is fairly rare these days for us to take an assessment of costs between client and solicitors all the way to a contested hearing.

But the assessment hearing my colleague Justin Edwards appeared on yesterday was exceptional in every respect.

The bill (for administration of an estate) came down from £145,000 to £25,000.  Justin had advised our client to offer £30,000 so it became very expensive for our opponents in costs as well (to the tune of a further £18,000).

Their own costs would easily have exceeded the remaining £7,000 so it proved a salutary lesson in keeping one’s client informed as to costs.

A bill of £145,000 more than wiped out – plus a disciplinary referral to the Law Society.

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