Legal Cost Specialists
Webinar on personal injury costs from Kings Chambers’ Craig Ralph and Steven Turner as they undertake their annual review of current issues in personal injury costs including Part 36, Fixed costs, Vulnerability/Budgeting and deductions from damages.
Webinar on Personal Injury Costs 2026 Read More »
On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal handed down judgement in the most eagerly awaited decision of the century (at least so far as the legal profession was concerned) in the case of Mazur and another -v- Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, and others [2026] EWCA Civ 369 . The appeal was allowed. The earlier High Court
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP – overturned Read More »
The title of today’s post is a bit of a cheat as we are not looking at the direct question of whether Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) was wrongly decided as a matter of law, but a related issue as to whether it matters at all. An unauthorised person
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys – Wrongly decided? – Part 4 Read More »
The recent decision of His Honour Judge Matthews, sitting as a High Court judge, in EJW Builders Ltd & Anor v Marshall & Ors (Re Costs) [2025] EWHC 2898 (Ch) questioned whether Wraith v Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd/Truscott v Truscott [1997] EWCA Civ 2285 would be decided the same today. The Truscott decision is summarised in the
Is Wraith still relevant when considering hourly rates? Read More »
With the latest news being that CILEX has applied for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB), it is worth continuing to explore the arguments that might be advanced as to why Mazur was wrong. One of the first to question
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys – Wrongly decided? – Part 3 Read More »
One of the arguments advanced as to why Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) may have been wrongly decided comes from Jackson Yamba, a registered foreign lawyer at Halifax firm SAZ Solicitors, via LinkedIn: “Why Mazur is Wrong on Exempt Persons under the Legal Services Act 2007 Mazur’s interpretation of
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys – Wrongly decided? – Part 2 Read More »
The Association of Costs Lawyers’ London Annual Costs Conference was held last Friday. One of the breakout sessions was “An Audience with Senior Costs Judge Rowley”. As entertainment goes, it was better than “An Audience with Jeremy Beadle” but not as good as “An Audience with Victoria Wood”. Each to their own. One of the
Does Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting apply to detailed assessment? Read More »
One of the apparent anomalies to emerge from Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) is the fact that Chartered Legal Executives with over 8 years’ experience are treated as Grade A fee earners for the purposes of the Guideline Hourly Rates despite the fact that many of them are
Do Guideline Hourly Rates need to be revisited for Chartered Legal Executives? Read More »
The recent guidance on Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) from the Law Society states, in relation to those authorised to conduct litigation: “Both the firm and the individual carrying on the activity must be authorised” This is clearly not intended to refer only to solicitors’ firms as the same
Do Costs Lawyers need to work for an authorised firm? Read More »
Last year I represented the paying partying in a detailed assessment where CPR 44.11 misconduct allegations were raised. The £258,583.78 claim for costs was assessed at £nil and the receiving party’s solicitor referred to the SRA (Kapoor v Johal, Johal & Johal [2024] EWHC 2853 (SCCO)). The case received significant coverage in the legal press. Not long
Bill of Costs reduced by 75% because of CPR 44.11 misconduct Read More »