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Costs & Fees Encyclopaedia 2018-19

The Costs & Fees Encyclopaedia continues to expand year-by-year and the 2018-19 Edition runs to 551 pages.  (It rather optimistically describes itself as “portable” and suitable for a briefcase.  It is plainly a desktop reference guide.) Pages 1-96 consist of the relevant costs provisions of the CPR and Practice Directions. Pages 97-102 provides J-Code “cheat sheets”. […]

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BNM v MGN Ltd – Court of Appeal decision on proportionality

The Court of Appeal decision in BNM v MGN Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1767 manages to be both very important and a massive anti-climax. The decision is important because it finally resolves the issue of whether post-1 April 2013 additional liabilities are subject to the old or new proportionality test.  The answer is that the old test applies

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What has the Association of Costs Lawyers ever done for us?

Last week’s annual ACL Conference saw speakers include: Lord Justice Jackson Senior Costs Judge Master Gordon-Saker Costs Judge Master James Master McCloud Regional Costs Judge Besford Regional Costs Judge Lethem Regional Costs Judge Lumb Regional Costs Judge Middleton Nicholas Bacon QC Simon Browne QC PJ Kirby QC Andrew Post QC Vikram Sachdeva QC Dr Mark

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