Costs

Articles

26 May 2015

Are the Jackson reforms working?

Two years after the implementation of case management and costs budgeting reforms, practitioners still have significant questions, says Claire Green

12 May 2015

Practitioners avoid applications to vary costs budgets

ACL roundtable hears judicial concerns over budgeting failures

28 Apr 2015

A simple solution to accelerating costs recovery

John M Hayes and Fee Solutions Ltd hope that their partnership will assist solicitors in negotiating swift and effective costs settlements

28 Apr 2015

Budgeting for barristers

Having an overall case plan and providing a costs budget is a new experience for many barristers, and one that chambers are approaching in different ways, says Sue Nash

20 Apr 2015

Incoming APIL president singles out draconian Criminal Justice and Courts Act

Jonathan Wheeler also urges practitioners to raise industry standards

14 Apr 2015

A monster of its own making

The dream of saving on litigation costs through provisional assessment is still not a reality, says Richard Langley

31 Mar 2015

Eleventh-hour reprieve

Despite the government's decision to exempt insolvency litigation within LASPO, it would be premature for practitioners to relax just yet, says Ruth Thurland

31 Mar 2015

Unreasonable costs

Sue Nash considers recent decisions on reducing disproportionate costs budgets and what this will mean for estimating future costs