Costs

Articles

Commercial litigators are incurring costs over and above agreed budget levels

Costs management continues to play an increasingly important role in litigation

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

Practitioners avoid applications to vary costs budgets

ACL roundtable hears judicial concerns over budgeting failures

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

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

Incoming APIL president singles out draconian Criminal Justice and Courts Act

Jonathan Wheeler also urges practitioners to raise industry standards

A monster of its own making

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

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