Case Management Refresher
Cost estimates are necessary for fast track claims when the fixed costs regime is not applicable and for non-budgeted cases In accordance with CPR 28 PD6.1 (4), a cost estimate…
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Case Management in the Court of Protection
A case management pilot scheme will commence in June 2016. In light of this a pilot Practice Direction has been published in order to allow for practitioners to prepare for…
Should the courts be able to interfere with Costs Budgets which have been agreed between the parties?
The rules state that the court will ‘record the extent to which the budgets are agreed between the parties’. Many of us have experienced the court’s refusal to approve those…
Incurred Costs – Shifting Change
LJ Jackson has recognised there are problems surrounding incurred costs. As predicted by many, he is concerned that some parties will undertake as much work as possible before the case…