Costs budgeting and provisional assessments

On 9th February 2012, Lord Neuberger the Master of the Rolls, gave a lecture, the ninth…

Success fees in disease claims

This article was originally published in September 2012. A sequel dealing with the later High Court…

Costs, credit hire and success

This post was published as an article in September 2011. There is a legal saying that…

The Civil Justice Council and the Jackson Working Party

This post was originally published as an article in January 2012. The Civil Justice Council has…

ATE Premiums and the Pre-action Protocol for Low Value Claims in RTAs

This post is a newsletter published in August 2011. A sequel dealing with the Liverpool ATE…

Alternative Business Structures

This post is a newsletter which was published in August 2011. On 6th October 2011, utilising…

Clients who don’t pay their bills

The post below was originally published in June 2011 in the Costs E-journal of Ropewalk Chambers…

BTE insurance and hourly rates

The post below was published as a newsletter in November 2011. Please note that the case…

Hourly rates

This post is derived from a paper that was first presented to the Association of Law…

Costs

Welcome to my new costs blog. The concept is very simple. From time to time, I…