Wed Apr 19 2023
Alternative dispute resolution in civil costs: will mandatory mediation be the way forward?
Colin Campbell, retired costs judge, assesses the benefits and drawbacks of the different approaches
Costs
Thu Feb 23 2023
Belsner, costs and the Solicitors Act
Jack Ridgway considers the case of Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1387
Sun Feb 19 2023
The cost of costs
Kris Kilsby considers changes to costs budgeting
Fri Jan 06 2023
ACL suggests revival of ‘remuneration certificate’ to challenge low-value bills following Belsner
The 1990s procedure was widely used before it was scrapped in 2009
Wed Dec 14 2022
Book review: ‘The Legal Extortion Racket’
Tony Guise provides a review of ‘the autobiography of an idea’*
Wed Nov 30 2022
Costs: contentious or non-contentious business?
Nick McDonnell reviews the latest case law on costs
Thu Oct 27 2022
Belsner judgment: costs ruling ‘a victory for legal profession’
The Legal Ombudsman scheme was suggested as a much cheaper and more effective method of querying solicitors’ bills in future
Wed Oct 05 2022
Interim ruling blow for Rebecca Vardy in Wagatha Christie case
Vardy has been ordered to pay costs on an indemnity basis