Costs

Articles

29 Apr 2014

Link costs budgeting with case management

Severing the two creates a threefold problem, says Simon Gibbs, but despite this point being stressed before the Jackson reforms, it is not getting through

14 Apr 2014

Post-Jackson: satellite litigation and turmoil ahead

Something beats nothing, so make reasonable assumptions, be generous and submit your budgets on time, says Seamus Smyth

8 Apr 2014

Things can get better

Judges make mistakes. No judge believes they get it right all the time, as Lord Scott reminded a conference in London last week, says Nick Hilborne

7 Apr 2014

DBAs – usable with care? Part III

Damages-based agreements if they are to be used at all require careful consideration of a large number of issues. In the final article of his three part review of the use of Damage Based Agreements, DAS LawAssist consultant David Chalk outlines compensating the risk of losing, model DBAs & terminating DBAs.

2 Apr 2014

'We haven't got a clue what we're doing' after Mitchell, former FOIL president says

Leading silks discuss setting up arbitration scheme to bypass clogged-up courts

2 Apr 2014

Three-point turn: disguised salary, significant influence and capital contribution

Junior LLP members may be facing disproportionately higher risks as they are asked to inject a significant amount of capital, without a commensurate increase in their influence, say Phillip D'Costa and James Harrison

2 Apr 2014

The route to effective cost budgeting is fraught with dangers

The layers of potential costs involved are piling up, says Simon Gibbs

1 Apr 2014

Jackson one year on: a brave new world of fear and uncertainty

'There seems to be a big stick approach to the way litigation is conducted and an air of unreality over what can be described as trivial'