BARCLAYS PLC AND ANOR v VILLERS EQUITAS LTD VILLERS v EQUITAS LTD LOVELLS

[2001] Lloyd's Rep IR 162

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Langley

Insurance (liability) - Settlement Agreement - Insurers agreeing to pay assured’s costs - Solicitors’ costs paid by assured - Application by insurers to have solicitors’ costs determined - Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Part 8 - Solicitors Act 1974, sections 70 and 71 - Whether court had jurisdiction to determine solicitors’ costs - Whether discretion should be exercised in insurers’ favour.