Schedule of costs from claimant law costs draftsmen with the added proviso:
“Any error/omissions herein of any nature are excluded from any Agreement reached pursuant to this schedule”.
Strangely, I’m not prepared to negotiate on that basis.
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Gibbs Wyatt Stone – Defendant Law Costs Costs Draftsmen
That is astounding. Heaven forbid that they actually, oh, I don’t know, check the schedule they’ve submitted.
Reminds me of the letters I frequently see from a certain C/D which read:
“Further to our recent communications, we can confirm agreement of our claim for costs in the global sum of £XXX.
..
Please note that any errors or omissions are excepted from this agreement.”
Beggars belief, really.
Just send then back with a polite note stating, “as your schedule of costs may contain errors and omissions, we return same and look forward to receiving a schedule that does not contain any errors or omissions.”