Legal Cost Specialists

October 2010

All at sea

I recently came across this gem from Hoffman’s Costs Cases – A Civil Guide (3rd Edition) where he writes about law costs draftsmen: “One hopes that they are now of more assistance to the court that those experienced last century by Chitty J. in which he recognised the practice of solicitors’ clerks being heard in

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Lord Young' Report

Lord Young’s report, Common Sense, Common Safety, was published on Friday. The headlines, so far as legal costs are concerned, can be summarised as follows: Lord Young believes Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals should be adopted as soon as possible. The Government has fully supported Lord Young’s report. Lord Young wants to extend the new RTA

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Rights of audience of law costs draftsmen – Part 2

This follows on from yesterday’s post concerning rights of audience of law costs draftsmen. You will need to read that first to avoid any confusion over what follows. (The ALCD was granted Authorised Body Status by The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen Order 2006 (S.I. 2006 no 3333) which came into force on 1st January

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Rights of audience of law costs draftsmen – Part 1

The following article will be of interest to the wider legal costs profession, those who instruct law costs draftsmen and particularly to independent costs draftsmen. I am aware that members of the judiciary also read the Legal Costs Blog. They are likely to find this article particularly useful as they are likely to see an

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