Solicitor/own client costs – Costs Barrister

The piggy bank

One of the key distinctions between the way that barristers and solicitors practise, remains the fact that barristers may not handle client money,

Solicitor and own client assessments under section 70 of the Solicitors Act 1974 used to be rare beasts. It used

This post first appeared as an article in the February 2017 issue of Litigation Funding magazine. As 2017 opens, despite

What do you think of the title to this post? Does it catch your attention? Admittedly it is not blessed

Many of my colleagues at the Bar believe that I spend my days with an abacus, counting out 6 minute

When a client receives a bill for a solicitor’s work, it may provoke a gamut of emotions from gratitude to

Third party costs assessments are rare beasts. The context in which they commonly arise is in the context of challenging

I have thought increasingly frequently in the last couple of years, about writing a book on solicitor-own client disputes a

Some years ago, at a solicitor-own client detailed assessment, I was told by my professional client that her policy was

One of the incipient developments of the next 12 months, must surely be a “mis-selling” scandal in respect of conditional fee agreements