Katie Hopkins

[weltweit]

Fucking hell, just how expensive must barrister hours be?

 

[Pickman's model]

well, it is. You write something and many many folks will kick off. Someone gets their facts wrong, you should have the confidence to make your defence and move on.

yeh but as the song goes, there's always something there to remind me. what you write in haste now may come back and haunt you later on, be it weeks, months, or with increasing frequency, years later.

 

[Dan U]

Over 100k of costs to be paid on account, i.e immediately. More later I think

 

[DaveCinzano]

She'll have to do more media 'work' to pay for it.

Right then - I'm sticking in a claim for mental anguish

 

[DaveCinzano]

Fucking hell, just how expensive must barrister hours be?

One firm quotes between £150 and £500 per hour.

Harcourt Barristers Direct - How much will it cost

 

[weltweit]

One firm quotes between £150 and £500 per hour.

Harcourt Barristers Direct - How much will it cost

aha. Thing is I can't imagine a barrister having to do many hours of work before deciding Hopkins was libellous, even at £500 an hour that is a lot of hours!

 

[killer b]

The barrister doesn't decide she's libellous, they argue she's libellous (or not) in court.

 

[DaveCinzano]

aha. Thing is I can't imagine a barrister having to do many hours of work before deciding Hopkins was libellous, even at £500 an hour that is a lot of hours!

There would also have been solicitors' work to account for - consultations, meetings, letters, fees etc - before it even got into court.

 

[killer b]

according to the judgement,

The trial has been short

too...

 

[weltweit]

The barrister doesn't decide she's libellous, they argue she's libellous (or not) in court.

picky today kb! they will likely determine if the case is winnable, (i.e. if Hopkins was libellous) before advising their client to go ahead with the case.

 

[ska invita]

(in fact, if it's only 60% of the costs as David Allen Green suggested, she's still out of pocket by the best part of 50 grand)

it cost jack monroe 185K to bring this case??
winning back £105k in costs plus the £25k damages??

 

[killer b]

it cost jack monroe 185K to bring this case??
winning back £105k in costs plus the £25k damages??

I'm not sure - tbh I'm speculating the amounts based entirely on the limited info that's been reported so far - should probably shut up.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I'm not sure - tbh I'm speculating the amounts based entirely on the limited info that's been reported so far - should probably shut up.

BUT THIS IS THE INTERNET - SHUTTING UP IS NOT AN OPTION

 

[agricola]

it cost jack monroe 185K to bring this case??
winning back £105k in costs plus the £25k damages??

The award seems to break down to:

£105k fees
£25k damages
One "Make the Mail Great Again" baseball cap
An apology of 140 characters or less
a single tear

 

[ska invita]

The award seems to break down to:

£105k fees
£25k damages
One "Make the Mail Great Again" baseball cap
An apology of 140 characters or less
a single tear

right...but what were her costs in the first place...and does this leave JM out of pocket?
I want to know mainly to boggle at how much this kind of process costs / how the lawyers always win etc

 

[DaveCinzano]

Hopkins' biggest mistake would seem to be cussing Monroe via Twitter rather than on the Mail website.

 

[weltweit]

Hopkins' biggest mistake would seem to be cussing Monroe via Twitter rather than on the Mail website.

Do you not think the mail will cover Hopkin's costs?

 

[Pickman's model]

Do you not think the mail will cover Hopkin's costs?

no

 

[weltweit]

no

Oh well. from looking like a lose lose it now looks like a win!

 

[DaveCinzano]

Do you not think the mail will cover Hopkin's costs?

They're not under any legal obligation to

 

[Wilf]

They're not under any legal obligation to

Mutiny on the Byline.

 

[8den]

(in fact, if it's only 60% of the costs as David Allen Green suggested, she's still out of pocket by the best part of 50 grand)

Are you sure, by the sounds of it, additional costs will have to be paid by Hopkins, I don't think Munroe is out of pocket.

 

[jakethesnake]

They're not under any legal obligation to

I like how the bare-foot man in the picture is making the wanker sign.

 

[killer b]

.

I'm not sure - tbh I'm speculating the amounts based entirely on the limited info that's been reported so far - should probably shut up.

 

[killer b]

(although he did also say that full costs hadn't been awarded, and it's usually 60%, I think)

 

[killer b]

although...

 

[DaveCinzano]

Mutiny on the Byline.

"I 'ate you, Butthurt!"

 

[killer b]

Plus there's her own costs. Looking at the same again I suppose? She's the best part of half a million down.

 

[butchersapron]

haf now terminated assoc with wookey and walworth LLP.

 

[rutabowa]

Lessons will be learnt I bet.