Supreme Court Watch · Term archive
Trinity Term 2024
A selected Supreme Court hearing from July 2024 on solicitors’ costs, payment by deduction and assessment time limits.
Reviewed 18 October 2026 against official court records. This archive groups cases by hearing term; judgment was delivered in Michaelmas Term 2024.
Each entry is an original, concise research summary based on the Court’s official case record. Hearing dates may change. After a hearing, the official case page normally adds recordings; when judgment is delivered, it adds the judgment, neutral citation and press summary. Those materials remain on the Court’s website and are linked here rather than reproduced.
Oakwood Solicitors Ltd v Menzies
Question before the Court
Solicitors’ costs: payment by deduction and assessment time limits.
Why it matters
The Supreme Court unanimously allowed the client’s appeal. For the purposes of section 70 of the Solicitors Act 1974, general authority to deduct fees and delivery of a bill were insufficient to establish payment: agreement to the amount taken was required, which could in appropriate circumstances be inferred from conduct. The Court restored the order for assessment. Relevant to solicitor–client costs disputes and the time limits for challenging bills.
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