Legal Costs

I previously mentioned (see post) the forthcoming publication of a new book on the subject of legal costs. I suggested that this book might become the indispensable book on the subject. I have now had the great privilege of seeing a working draft of the book and I was wrong. There is no question as […]

The New Law Journal recently reported on nearly 400 lawyers, legal professionals and friends taking part in the 10k Manchester Legal Sponsored Walk and raising a very respectable £20,000 for charity.  This works out at £50 per person taking part. Let’s assume it takes an average of 2 hours to complete a 10km walk.  Let’s

I regret to have to announce the closure of the Supreme Court Costs Office (SCCO).  Actually, I’m exaggerating somewhat.  With the creation of the new Supreme Court, the SCCO has been renamed the Senior Courts Costs Office.  The updated CPR uses the shorter term "Costs Office". The original name made it sound like a chicken

The Ministry of Justice has just announced that claimant and defendant representatives have “reached broad agreement on the detail” of the new Claims Process for RTA personal injury claims with a value of between £1,000 and £10,000. The Civil Justice Council has mediated an agreement on the fixed recoverable costs which will depend on which

It seems that it’s not just defendant insurance companies that are unhappy about the legal costs that some lawyers charge, as this video shows: (If you receive the Legal Costs Blog via email you made need to adjust your security settings to view the video.)

My sources in the legal costs world inform me of the forthcoming publication of a new book on the subject of legal costs. This news may not immediately set the pulse racing, especially when I tell you that I am not the author. However, this book promises to be different from the established titles on

The New Law Journal has just relaunched their website (and very nice it is too). They have a section devoted to legal costs (click link). Also available are some of the excellent costs articles from the costs team at Kings Chambers although the indexing could possibly do with a bit more work (why does the

Hailsham Chambers have produced a podcast of their excellent Annual Costs Group Seminar. Highly recommended. Annual Costs Group Seminars 2009 from Hailsham Chambers on Vimeo.

Lord Justice Jackson’s Preliminary Report on Civil Litigation Costs gives details of the meeting he had with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and the views that they expressed. This included: “APIL and FOIL have agreed a new code for handling high value personal injury cases. It applies to claims above £250,000. The code

I have previously been predicting, and indeed recommending, that the introduction of the new claims process for low value RTAs be abandoned or postponed pending the publication of Jackson LJ’s Costs Review. Further, disagreement over how the fixed fee structure would work and how the new scheme would operate with the existing predictable costs scheme