The Costs Management Practice Direction has changed!
With effect from the 1 December 2022 ‘Practice Direction 3E – Costs Management’ has been renumbered to ‘3D’ as per the 152nd Update – Practice Direction Amendments. The contents of…
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Optimising Costs Management: Part 3
This is the final entry of our three-part series on optimising costs management. The first blog in this series outlined the 2% budget process provision; how to utilise this to…
Optimising Costs Management: Part 2
Ongoing monitoring of costs incurred after the budget has been set makes staying within budget significantly simpler, while still achieving a good outcome for your client
Optimising Costs Management: Part 1
You can listen to the blog here 2% Budget Process Provision Once costs budgets are prepared, Precedent Rs and negotiations naturally follow. Budget discussions can lead to agreement of budgets…
Reference to Part 36 offers at CCMC’s. What is the position?
The provisions of CPR 36.16 (2) specifically state that: ‘The fact that a Part 36 offer has been made and the terms of such offer must not be communicated to…
High Court swapped budgets for estimates
In Collins and Others v Ticketmaster UK Ltd v Inbenta Technologies Ltd [2022] Costs LR 123 costs estimates were ordered in place of costs budgets consequential to an application made…
Annual open meeting of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee – 13 May 2022 – Costs update
The CPRC annual open meeting took place today via Teams in keeping with the format of the previous two years. The meeting was opened by the Master of the Rolls,…
Capturing costs between budget and CCMC: practical guidance
It is not unusual to incur substantial costs in the run up to CCMC after costs budgets have been submitted. Recovering these costs will be important to the receiving…