Sue Nash

Managing Director (Costs Draftsman and Costs Lawyer), Litigation Costs Services

Keeping the judge happy

Sue Nash advises on how to streamline the difficult and awkward process of provisional assessment

Number of costs lawyers set to soar as graduates consider alternative legal qualifications

New ACL qualification supported by industry and allows for specialisation in other practice areas

Costs budgeting can prove its worth

Sue Nash considers how solicitors can get the most out of initial costs and case management conferences

Legal executives to recoup same fees as solicitors

Lord Dyson approves Grade A parity for legal executives with sufficient experience

Time to revisit the Jackson exemptions

Exemptions from costs budgeting rules based not on the nature of the claim but on its value are a sensible compromise, says Sue Nash

Costs budgeting survey: profession unconvinced and unprepared

Not only are lawyers unconvinced by the new costs budgeting rules, there are also serious fears that judges will not have the capacity to discharge their new duty as project managers. Jean-Yves Gilg reports on a profession on the verge of a Jackson breakdown

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