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Discrepancy between incurred costs in budget and bill

Preparation of the Precedent H costs budget requires figures to be inserted for both past incurred work and future estimated work. PD 3E para.7.4 provides: “As part of the costs management process the court may not approve costs incurred before the date of any costs management hearing. The court may, however, record its comments on those […]

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Warning issued over proposed new Costs Lawyer training course

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is apparently minded to refuse the Cost Lawyer Standards Board’s (CLSB) proposals to introduce a new route of entry into the profession. The LSB chief executive Neil Buckley said: “Having considered the application and responses provided by the CLSB to a number of issues that the LSB has raised, the

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Careful now

The Civil Litigation Brief blog contained an interesting post about the dangers of lawyers working on the move and being overheard discussing confidential client matters or allowing confidential information to be read over their shoulders or leaving legal papers behind. The costs profession is not immune.  Of the various examples given on Twitter: “Absolutely correct.

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