Costs

Articles

28 Sept 2012

Fair costs outcomes and later part 36 offers

The Court of Appeal's decision to allow full cost recovery in a case where a part 36 offer was accepted two years later will have undesirable consequences, says Simon Gibbs

11 Sept 2012

Litigation focus | Keeping it in proportion: Accepting the repercussions of the new costs regime

The new costs regime may not appeal to everyone but, as Iain Stark explains, it's on its way and for clients, it can't come soon enough

11 Sept 2012

Jackson means less work and redundancies, survey suggests

Six out of ten claimant firms expect to shed jobs

3 Sept 2012

Immediate application of the 10 per cent damages uplift to be reviewed

Association of British Insurers secures application to have Simmons v Castle reopened

22 Aug 2012

Costs | The reasonableness of ATE premiums

Are costs judges equipped to assess the reasonableness of ATE premiums? 'Simon Gibbs looks at a recent case in which the court limited recoverability

13 Aug 2012

'Unjust' to impose Part 36 costs rule on brain-damaged boy

Court of Appeal awards costs to claimant lawyers after they fail to beat offer

10 Aug 2012

Striking out exaggerated claims

By allowing a claimant who lied about the extent of his injuries to keep the damages ?he was awarded for the genuine element of his claim the Supreme Court is making ?defendants rely on less predictable alternatives to combat insurance fraud. ?Nick Atkins and Charlie Clarke-Jervoise report

7 Aug 2012

Completing the jigsaw: the likely effect of the 10 percent increase in general damages

Claimant lawyers heaved a moderate sigh of relief when the Court of Appeal promised to implement Jackson LJ's proposal to increase general damages by 10 per cent, a part of the costs reform jigsaw that parliament had not taken forward. Defendant lawyers aren't so convinced that the move would achieve the intended rebalancing. We asked claimant ?lawyer David Marshall and defendant lawyer Rachel Moore for their initial impressions