Sophia Rogers successfully acted for the claimants in the High Court case of Harris v Quantick [2026] EWHC 137 (Ch) concerning the costs of a s.50 AJA 1985 removal claim.

The decision was handed down last week following a day hearing on the contested costs of the claimants’ application for their own removal. A professional PR remains in office but by reason of his unreasonable conduct in the proceedings Deputy Master Valentine ordered that he pay the claimants’ costs of the proceedings on the indemnity basis (save for the costs of issue to be paid from the estate), to also pay the charity beneficiary’s costs on the indemnity basis and the Deputy Master further disallowed his right to indemnity from the estate.

An interesting read for the court’s approach to assessing the costs of removal claims featuring unreasonable conduct and disallowing a PR’s indemnity from the estate.

Read the full judgment here.