Update on Fixed Costs
Further to our earlier update, Professor Dominic Regan shares his thoughts on the MOJ’s extension of fixed costs for cases worth up to £100,000. You can find out more about…
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The format of the precedent H budget and precedent R are working well, claims Mr Justice Birss
At February’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee meeting Mr Justice Birss reported that “work was ongoing to make certain that the new bill costs, Precedent H and Precedent H Guidance are consistent and…
The practical effect of the Harrison budgeting decision
In the eagerly awaited decision in Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust [2017] WECA Civ 792 (see article, page 8), the key findings of the Court of…
Fixed Recoverable Costs – the pilot scheme
Following on from my newsletter below, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee meeting notes have been published today. Last month I explained how Jackson LJ had suggested how ‘capped fixed costs’…
Costs Budgeting is essential”, hails LJ Jackson.
“Costs Budgeting is essential”, hails LJ Jackson. Jackson told a London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association event last night that: “Costs budgeting is an essential element of any programme…
Proportionality in the Court of Protection
You will have all heard about the ‘Jackson Reforms’, which so far, have not been something that Court of Protection practitioners have had to be too concerned about – until…