Costs

Articles

27 Oct 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

5 Oct 2022

Interim ruling blow for Rebecca Vardy in Wagatha Christie case

Vardy has been ordered to pay costs on an indemnity basis

4 Oct 2022

Kain Knight act for CAM Legal Services Ltd in ‘costs case of the decade’

Matters under review of 'very great significance… to the development of the civil justice system'

19 Aug 2022

Challenge housing disrepair claims 

Ivan Goodsell looks at housing disrepair claims and why they are rising

20 Jul 2022

How transaction management tech can make deals less hostile

If your firm is still managing transactions with a word processing tool, it's time you considered a 21st century solution, argues Jack Shepherd

7 Jun 2022

Beware HRA discretion?: Rafiq v Thurrock Borough Council [2022] EWHC 584 (QB)

Emelia Bezant-Gahan and Tom Lambourne examine the dangers of relying on the court's discretion to extend limitation under s7(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998

12 May 2022

Court of Appeal decision specifies what information is required in bills of costs

All firms should consider whether they include the requisite information in bills of costs

19 Oct 2021

Civil bill assessments

Interim arrangements will apply for now