October 2012

The Costs Lawyer Standards Board’s Practising Rules for Costs Layers states: “With the exception of those who are employees of a Solicitors firm, Costs Lawyer firm, Insurance firm or other alternative business structure on a PAYE basis, a Costs Lawyer shall ensure that: (a) professional indemnity insurance is in place at all times with minimum […]

One of the requirements imposed on the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) by the Legal Services Act was the separation of its regulatory and representative roles. Therefore the Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB) was created to deal with the regulation of Costs Lawyers and the role of the Association of Costs Lawyers is, in simple