Category: Payments on Account

No payment on account after an order for detailed assessment made

21st September, 2016

A District Judge in Oxford County Court refused the Claimant’s application for a payment on account where an order for detailed assessment had already been made – summary taken from the ACL website. Facts Leasehold disrepair claim settled for £2,000.00 as well as an agreement on works. An order for a payment on account of…

Gain the Advantage: Seek an Early Payment on Account

8th June, 2016

For example, when a case settles and the agreement is embodied in a consent order, we encourage you to include direction for a payment on account within the terms of the order. Take the incentive and direct a robust approach before agreeing the amount of the payment on account. See our blog Payment on…

Once you have an approved budget, you’re likely to get a ‘high’ payment on account against the approved budget, right? After all, that’s the attraction of budgeting for the receiving party isn’t it? Wrong …

8th February, 2016

The case of (1) Capital for Enterprise Fund A LP (2) Maven Capital Partners UK LLP -V- Bibby Financial Services Limited (Chancery Division, Manchester, 18/11/2015 went to trial and the Defendant won. The Defendant’s costs were more than its approved budget (maybe it didn’t think it would win?). The judgment looks first at whether there was jurisdiction for the…