The new edition of Friston on Costs is now available to buy. (Review to follow.) Complete this very short and fun quiz to secure a big discount on the standard price: Friston on Costs Quiz (pointerpro.com).
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The case of Isah, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 268 concerned: “the issue of whether a judge is permitted to order costs to be summarily assessed in a different court by a different judge or whether a summary assessment must be undertaken by the
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I asked a leading legal commentator: “Have the Jackson costs reforms been a success?” “The success of the Jackson reforms, which were aimed at controlling the costs of civil litigation in England and Wales, is a matter of debate. Some have argued that the reforms have helped to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of
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A recent post looked at the arguments for and against whether Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting (“QOCS”) applies to detailed assessment proceedings. The recent decision of Costs Judge Leonard in PME v The Scout Association [2023] EWHC 158 (SCCO) is therefore interesting. The underlying case concerned a claim for personal injury. The claim settled in the
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Last week I attended the Association of Costs Lawyers’ London Regional Meeting. This consisted of a couple of interesting costs talks from some of the costs specialists at 12 King’s Bench Walk. One of these considered the question of whether QOCS protection applies to detailed assessment. 12KBW have kindly given me permission to reproduce the
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Today’s post is off-topic. Perhaps for that very reason it may be the most useful one you ever read on this blog. It is about will writing. Many wills leave certain specific legacies of fixed amounts of money to individuals or organisations (eg £1,000 to a grandchild or £500 to a charity). The residue (ie
Costs Lawyers would recently have been checking they had collected sufficient Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points for the previous practising year (currently 12 hours). The Costs Lawyer Standard Board (CLSB) website has very useful section setting out the CPD requirements and what activities earn CPD points. Part of this process includes setting training objectives at
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From 1 December 2022, the 152nd Practice Direction Update re-numbered a number of the Practice Directions to CPR 3. So far as costs are concerned: The old PD 3E – Costs management – is now PD 3D. The old PD 3F – Costs capping – is now PD 3E. References in Points of Dispute, Skeleton
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Very interesting webinar from costs counsel Andrew Hogan and Craig Ralph on retainers and billing post-Belsner.
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