Costs judge doubts if £57,000 can be repaid as firm has since gone into liquidation.
Medical agency refused to give breakdown of its fees for arranging expert report.
Law firm Stewarts' Technology and Construction Courts case could be the biggest fatal accident claim in English history.
Court heard legal executive scaled Ben Nevis and went to the gym while claiming for 'serious injuries'.
High Court throws out most of a case brought by claimant firms but allows one element to survive.
Catherine Baksi takes the pulse of a personal injury sector squeezed by tariffs, costs curbs and court delays.
Lord chancellor believes changing the rate from -0.25% to 0.5% will avoid significant undercompensation for injured claimants.
One creditor says failure to recover debts could put medico-legal companies out of business.
The government wants to protect victims of clinical negligence, but it may be pricing them out of making a claim.