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Few solicitors understand e-disclosure, Jackson LJ complains

“Relatively few solicitors and even fewer barristers” really understand e-disclosure, Lord Justice Jackson has said in the latest lecture on his costs reforms.

Experts and solicitors could be a lot clearer on costs than they would like to admit

Cases often have their own lives but that's no excuse not to have proper case management and realistic budgeting in place, says Mark Solon

Loosening up

The courts are beginning to take a more relaxed approach to making an order for security for costs, says Max Robinson

Turning the clocks back

The decision in Trafigura takes us back to a time before the CPR when costs were assessed according to the 'winner takes it all' principle, says Simon Gibbs

Trafigura costs bill to proceed to detailed assessment

Biggest ever conditional fee agreement bill cut by 40 per cent

On a budget

The new costs management order is here to stay, and those firms that master the art of costs budgeting early on will have an advantage, says Richard Langley

Court of Appeal upholds decision to cut Leigh Day's Trafigura costs bill

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by senior costs judge Master Hurst to reduce Leigh Day's £105m bill in the case against Trafigura by more than 40 per cent.

Jackson LJ questions MoJ's alternative funding scheme

A scheme, backed by the Ministry of Justice, to raise money for legal aid by deducting 25 per cent from the damages of successful publicly funded claimants has been questioned by Lord Justice Jackson.