THE GENERAL OF BERNE INSURANCE COMPANY v JARDINE REINSURANCE MANAGEMENT LTD

[1998] Lloyd's Rep IR 211

COURT OF APPEAL

BEFORE LORD JUSTICE HIRST, LORD JUSTICE MAY AND SIR BRIAN NEILL

Costs - Recovery by client - Contentious business agreement - Whether plaintiff clients entitled to claim from defendants on taxation hourly expense rates including uplift which were greater than they themselves were obliged by contract to pay to their own solicitors - Solicitors Act 1974 sect 60(3).