Index card Sarwar v Alam

Hearings

19 Sep 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1401; [2002] 1 WLR 125; [2001] 4 All ER 541; [2002] RTR 195, CA

Subject Matter

COSTS — Taxation — Legal expenses insurance — Passenger claiming compensation from driver for injury sustained in road traffic accident — Claimant arranging insurance to cover cost of legal expenses — Claimant unaware that insurance already available under driver's motor insurance policy — Claim settled before action for agreed damages and reasonable costs — Whether claimant's insurance premiums reasonably incurred — CPR r 44.4

[2001] EWCA Civ 1401; [2002] 1 WLR 125; [2001] 4 All ER 541; [2002] RTR 195, CA

SOLICITOR — Duty — Duty to advise — Legal expenses insurance — Extent of duty to investigate availability to client of such insurance — Practice to be followed

[2001] EWCA Civ 1401; [2002] 1 WLR 125; [2001] 4 All ER 541; [2002] RTR 195, CA

Legislation Considered

Statutory Instruments

CPR (Civil Procedure Rules) (0000 ), r 44.4

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Sarwar v Alam [2001] EWCA Civ 1401; [2002] 1 WLR 125; [2001] 4 All ER 541; [2002] RTR 195, CA

Callery v Gray [2001] EWCA Civ 1117; [2001] 1 WLR 2112; [2001] 3 All ER 833; [2002] RTR 118, CA

Callery v Gray (No 2) [2001] EWCA Civ 1246; [2001] 1 WLR 2142; [2001] 4 All ER 1; [2002] RTR 153, CA

Francis v Francis and Dickerson [1956] P 87; [1955] 3 WLR 973, PDA

Griffin v Kingsmill [2001] EWCA Civ 934, CA

Groom v Crocker [1939] 1 KB 194, CA

Hughes v Kingston upon Hull City Council [1999] QB 1193; [1999] 2 WLR 1229; [1999] 2 All ER 49, DC

Legal and General Assurance Society Ltd v Drake Insurance Co Ltd [1992] QB 887; [1992] 2 WLR 157; [1991] 2 Lloyd's Rep 36; [1992] 1 All ER 283; [1992] RTR 162; The Times, 15 January 1991, CA

Maltez v Lewis (1999) 16 Const LJ 65

Martindale v Duncan [1973] 1 WLR 574; [1973] 2 All ER 355; [1973] 1 Lloyd's Rep 558; [1973] RTR 532, CA

R v Legal Aid Board, Ex p Duncan [2000] COD 159, DC

Swain v The Law Society [1983] 1 AC 598; [1982] 3 WLR 261; [1982] 2 All ER 827, HL(E)

The Liverpool (No 2) [1963] P 64; [1960] 3 WLR 597; [1960] 3 All ER 307; [1960] 2 Lloyd's Rep 66, CA

Wraith v Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd [1998] 1 WLR 132; [1998] 1 All ER 82; [1998] 1 FLR 265, CA

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Sarwar v Alam [2001] EWCA Civ 1401; [2002] 1 WLR 125; [2001] 4 All ER 541; [2002] RTR 195, CA

Applied in Surrey v Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 1598 (QB); [2018] 1 WLR 499; [2016] WLR (D) 372; [2016] 4 Costs LO 571, QBD

Considered in Garrett v Halton Borough Council (Law Society intervening) [2006] EWCA Civ 1017; [2007] 1 WLR 554; [2007] 1 All ER 147, CA

Cases citing

Cases citing: Sarwar v Alam [2001] EWCA Civ 1401; [2002] 1 WLR 125; [2001] 4 All ER 541; [2002] RTR 195, CA

Axa Insurance Ltd v Akther & Darby [2009] EWCA Civ 1166; [2010] 1 WLR 1662; [2009] WLR (D) 329, CA

Bailey v UK Coal Mining Ltd. [2009] EWHC 90139 (Costs), Costs

Bowen v Bridgend County Borough Council [2004] EWHC 9010 (Costs), Costs

Brown-Quinn v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1633; [2013] 1 WLR 1740; [2013] 3 All ER 505; [2013] Lloyd's Rep IR 371; [2013] 1 Costs LR 1; [2013] 2 CMLR 20; [2012] WLR (D) 377, CA

Brown-Quinn v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd [2011] EWHC 2661 (Comm); [2012] 1 All ER 778; [2012] Lloyd's Rep IR 248; [2012] 1 Costs LR 1, QBD

Callery v Gray [2002] UKHL 28; [2002] 1 WLR 2000; [2002] 3 All ER 417; [2003] RTR 71, HL(E)

Callery v Gray (No 2) [2002] UKHL 28; [2002] 1 WLR 2000; [2002] 3 All ER 417; [2003] RTR 71, HL(E)

Claims Direct Test Cases In the Matter of [2003] EWCA Civ 136, CA

Dole v ECT Recycling Ltd [2007] EWHC 90086 (Costs), Costs

Galitzky v Vizards Wyeth (A Firm) [2007] EWHC 90083 (Costs), Costs

Garrett v Halton Borough Council (Law Society intervening) [2006] EWCA Civ 1017; [2007] 1 WLR 554; [2007] 1 All ER 147, CA

Garrett v Halton Borough Council Myatt v National Coal Board [2006] EWCA Civ 1017, CA

Hollins (Bradley) v Russell (S H) : Tichband (Mark Edward) v Hurdman (B) : Pratt (Dora May) v Bull (Daniel David Michael) : Sharratt (Gerald) v London Central Bus Co Ltd & Accident Group Test Cases [2003] EWCA Civ 718, CA

Hollins v Russell [2003] EWCA Civ 718; [2003] 1 WLR 2487; [2003] 4 All ER 590, CA

Hughes & Ors v London Borough of Newham [2005] EWHC 90019 (Costs), Costs

In re Claims Direct Test Cases [2003] EWCA Civ 136; [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 788; [2003] 4 All ER 508, CA

Jones (A Child) v Wrexham Borough Council [2007] EWCA Civ 1356; [2008] 1 WLR 1590, CA

Kilby v Gawith [2008] EWCA Civ 812, CA

Kilby v Gawith [2008] EWCA Civ 812; [2009] 1 WLR 853; [2009] RTR 8, CA

LXM v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust [2010] EWHC 90185 (Costs), Costs

Leigh v Michelin Tyre plc [2003] EWCA Civ 1766; [2004] 1 WLR 846; [2004] 2 All ER 175, CA

Marley v Rawlings [2014] UKSC 51; [2015] AC 157; [2014] 3 WLR 1015; [2014] 4 All ER 619; [2014] WLR (D) 402; Case details, SC(E)

McMenemy v Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 1941; [2018] 1 WLR 2685; [2017] WLR(D) 787, CA

Mr Frederick David John White (Liquidator of Enterprise Insurance Company plc) v Ozon Solicitors Ltd [2017] EWHC 1595 (Ch), Ch D

Nizami v Butt [2006] EWHC 159 (QB); [2006] 1 WLR 3307; [2006] 2 All ER 140; [2006] RTR 315, QBD

Peel v Beasley [2007] EWHC 90094 (Costs), Costs

Puksis v Brumby [2008] EWHC 90095 (Costs), Costs

Rebecca Louise Mitchell v Dr Carole Gilling-Smith [2017] EWHC B18 (Costs), Costs

Rogers v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (Law Society intervening) (Practice Note) [2006] EWCA Civ 1134; [2007] 1 WLR 808; [2007] 1 All ER 354, CA

Samonini v London General Transport Services Ltd. [2005] EWHC 90001 (Costs), Costs

Sousa v Waltham Forest London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 194; [2011] 1 WLR 2197; [2011] WLR (D) 71, CA

Surrey v Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 1598 (QB); [2018] 1 WLR 499; [2016] WLR (D) 372; [2016] 4 Costs LO 571, QBD

Surrey v Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 451; [2018] 1 WLR 5831; [2018] WLR(D) 173, CA

Tranter v Hansons (Wordsley) Ltd [2009] EWHC 90145 (Costs), Costs

White v Revell Rev 1 [2006] EWHC 90054 (Costs), Costs

Woolley v Haden Building Services Ltd [2008] EWHC 90097 (Costs), Costs

XDE v North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 1482 (QB), QBD

XDE v North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust [2020] EWCA Civ 543; [2020] 1 WLR 2680; [2020] WLR(D) 239, CA

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Before-the-Event Insurance 5.13

Duty to Advise Clients on Funding - Practical advice on funding 5.4

Conditional Fee Agreements - Assessing an insurance premium 71.61