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tim-york

richardw wrote: »

Are legal fees disbursements?

The conditional fee agreement (CFA) states that legal fees for the solicitors time are classed as 'fees' and are therefore covered by the no win, no fee. However, any fees incurred in relation to barristers are classed as disbursements.
"[...] you must pay our basic or pay our charges and our disbursements including barrister’s fees immediately"

Provided the case is allocated to the small claims track, then B*tt & Co tell me that this would be handled by the in-house solicitors, although the CFA doesn't require them to consult with me on this decision.

If Jet2 appealed the decision to a higher court (unlikely?) & won (even more unlikely??), then Jet2's legal costs would be covered by an insurance policy that B*tt & Co would arrange at no cost to me. However, according to the terms in the CFA, then I could be liable for the cost of any barrister they choose to appoint.

Tim

richardw

I think there's a little bit of "redefining/broadening" of "disbursements" going on.

Jet2fan

Firstly, well done PDoff for your well earned success.

I think the writing may well be on the wall for Jet 2 and the way they are playing "the game".

Sheer numbers of claimants and losses will, i believe, eventually force them to change tact. Judges will become wise as the whole issue becomes more of a public issue and their dodges rejected.

The whole issue of 261/2004 (I believe) is to change the budget airline model, one where (at the moment) the majority are benefitting from cheap, low cost travel, yet at the expense of the minority who when it goes wrong and they fall through the net, often lose out badly (with little or no compensation), with little cost to the airline. This being due to the fact that their is little slack in the system to accomodate things like technical errors etc.

Re: Bott & Co

Remember the interest !

My claim is for 2000 Euro, (5 claimants) going back 4 years.

With a 27% fee, plus 25 Euro per person, plus 8% interest going back four years (if awarded)... They will take home more than me.

I reckon on the above numbers about £1100 (approx) for me.

and about £1300 for Bott & Co.

As long as i win, i couldn't give a fig.

John

tim-york

Jet2fan wrote: »

Re: Bott & Co

Remember the interest !

Fair point. In my case, the claim is for 750 Euros and only going back to June 2013, so the amount of interest (if awarded) would be fairly insignificant. Definitely worth remembering when considering the no-win no-fee route for large claims from a long time ago, though.

Tim

MNCutts

Hi, I have been following this forum for a while now and gone with some of the advice given by many of the posts.
This morning I received a letter from Jet2 stating what the so called extraordinary circumstance was.
There was a technical fault with the Engine Driven Generator (EDG).
I'm not sure what this is and whether there is a case, has anyone had the same fault???
Any advice appreciated

romanby1

MNCutts wrote: »

Hi, I have been following this forum for a while now and gone with some of the advice given by many of the posts.
This morning I received a letter from Jet2 stating what the so called extraordinary circumstance was.
There was a technical fault with the Engine Driven Generator (EDG).
I'm not sure what this is and whether there is a case, has anyone had the same fault???
Any advice appreciated

No idea what an EDG is but it is not an EC. It is up to you to decide your next move is. I know what mine would be.

DrA_Harrogate

DrA_Harrogate wrote: »

Many thanks Mr Doff! Might you post Court name and Case number to assist those of us heading in this direction?

Gentlefolks

Received 'defence' from Jet2 detailing broken grungefuttock etc. Interesting opening... "Dr AS is the only person named as claimant [since, as I paid the bill, I am the only person claiming] the Defendant avers that the Claimant has no locus standii to seek compensation...". Not heard of this before; comments?

supisces18

We were a party of 7 including 4 adults and 3 children so I submitted my court claim as one person claiming for everyone.
When JET2 Solicitors returned their defence they also quoted locus standi to me.
I researched it and there was also some stuff on the forum.
It is telling you that you are claiming against them but they do not have individual claims from all your other passengers on the booking.
I had already rung JET2 asking for them to speak to one of the other adults on my booking and they refused saying they can only deal with the person on the booking reference ie ME.So I made the claim for us all.I also sought advice from the Money Court in Salford and they said that it was reasonable for one person ie the person who paid and the reference point to claim for all the passengers involved.They said it would clog up the Court systems if each individual had to make a seperate claim.I explained this to JET 2 in my reply to their defence and have heard nothing more.I go to court in November.Its just another lot of Legal jargon to try and put you off pursuing your claim.

MNCutts

Following my post on 678, I'm not quite sure what to do next and could do with some advice.
I do want to take this further so not sure if I need to respond to Jet2 again with another letter saying I'm still not happy with the response?
or do I get a solicitor involved at this point?
HELP???

supisces18

MNCutts wrote: »

Following my post on 678, I'm not quite sure what to do next and could do with some advice.
I do want to take this further so not sure if I need to respond to Jet2 again with another letter saying I'm still not happy with the response?
or do I get a solicitor involved at this point?
HELP???

Its really now up to you.It sounds like jET2 are saying its a technical fault and its extraordinary circumstances which is their template response,
You have three choices now.Accept it and do nothing.Take them to Court yourself and do a lot of research as you will be up against Corporate Barristers and JET2 Expert witnesses. Worth noting that JET 2 are starting to lose in court and may change tactics if this doesnt work for them and they are paying for all these legal costs.Hopefully they may see sense and start to pay up?
the last option is to use a no win no fee solicitor such as Bott and Co and pay their fees.