Costs

Articles

12 Dec 2016

CMCs and McKenzie Friends not the answer to PI reform

Lord Chancellor invited to meet claimants who would be stifled by MoJ reforms

5 Dec 2016

'Overly convoluted' costs bill not needed, say costs lawyers

ACL launches 'more workable' and less rigid bill of costs to counter practitioners' scepticism

29 Nov 2016

Keeping it in proportion

Setting and keeping costs budgets are a good discipline, even where this isn't mandatory and however unclear the rules may be, says Matthew Gwynne

23 Nov 2016

On the (costs) buses

Clarity over CPR 3.18 remains elusive while district judges approach the assessment of costs in differing ways, writes David Wright

10 Oct 2016

Lawyers and clients disagree over 'value for money'

Latest statistics reveal difference of opinion on the service offered to clients

4 Oct 2016

Costs budgeting after Sarpd

David Cooper discusses the confusion surrounding incurred costs that the Court of Appeal decision has created for practitioners

27 Sept 2016

Paying the court piper

Rebecca Williams considers what comes next for practitioners following the Lewis, Bhatti, and Glenluce Fishing Co Ltd cases

12 Sept 2016

Fixed costs: Bad news or bad news?

With the spectre of fixed costs in civil litigation looming, Julian Oldfield warns firms to start preparing now for changes to the way they practice and the potential loss of revenue