Costs

Articles

Discount rate research 'could delay decision'

Research for MoJ reveals 'gaps in evidence' in understanding how rate works

Government goes ahead with costs shifting for libel

Judges will be able to protect claimants or defendants

Scotland's Jackson decides against referral fee ban

Rule against fee-sharing is 'regularly circumvented' and 'no appetite to enforce it'

Fixed costs for litigation – a step too far

James Mansell asks whether the new fixed costs regime could make it harder for defendants to detect and challenge fraudulent and exaggerated claims.

Litigation | Managing near misses

The courts are yet to grapple fully with the move in the Jackson reforms to reverse Carver, says Simon Gibbs

End of the phoney war: budgetary control 'for civil costs

Following April's implementation of budgetary control for civil costs in the multi-track, ?Andy Ellis examines the implications for solicitors.

Litigation focus | New rules, new behaviour

Costs budgeting has to be a good thing for both claimants and defendants but the risks surrounding front-loading shouldn't be ignored, says Rod Evans

Litigation focus | Encouraging beginnings for costs budgeting

As litigators get to grips with the complexities of costs budgeting they should take care to tread carefully, says Clare Robinson