Hearings
England & Wales
17 Jul 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1117; [2001] 1 WLR 2112; [2001] 3 All ER 833; [2002] RTR 118, CA
27 Jun 2002 [2002] UKHL 28; [2002] 1 WLR 2000; [2002] 3 All ER 417; [2003] RTR 71, HL(E)
Callery v Gray
Additional names
Subject Matter
COSTS — Order for costs — Personal injury claims — Claimant seeking damages for minor injuries suffered in road traffic accident — Solicitors instructed under conditional fee agreement with success fee — Claimant taking out insurance covering risk of liability to pay defendant's costs — Claim settled without issue of proceedings — Defendant agreeing to pay reasonable costs — Whether success fee and insurance premium recoverable — Whether amount of success fee reasonable — Access to Justice Act 1999, s 29 — CPR r 44.12A
Appellate History
Callery v Gray [2001] EWCA Civ 1117; [2001] 1 WLR 2112; [2001] 3 All ER 833; [2002] RTR 118, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
Callery v Gray [2002] UKHL 28; [2002] 1 WLR 2000; [2002] 3 All ER 417; [2003] RTR 71, HL(E)
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Conditional Fee Agreements - Assessing the percentage uplift
71.59
Conditional Fee Agreements - Amounts allowed 71.60
Conditional Fee Agreements - Assessing an insurance premium 71.61
Entering into a CFA - Setting the success fee - Case-by-case assessment 6.11
Entering into a CFA - Staged success fees 6.12
Entering into a CFA 6.4
Costs of Issues Dropped at the Pre-action Stage 8.5