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Update: Key Recommendations of the CJC Costs Review

I commented, last week, on a talk by Erica Bedford at the #ACL Regional Meeting, in which she highlighted some...
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Don’t bury your head in the sand!

Last night I went to a regional meeting of the Association of Costs Lawyers in Liverpool. It was the first...
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Start dates confirmed for fixed costs extension

An interesting article today from the Law Society Gazette, on the application of the fixed costs extension which will come...
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The Secret Weapon in Legal Disputes: Why Instructing a Costs Lawyer is a Smart Choice

Legal disputes can be complicated and costly, but instructing a costs lawyer can be the secret weapon in achieving a...
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Court of Appeal dismisses the appeal in the case of Karatysz v SGI Legal LLP

Judgment in Karatysz v SGI Legal LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 1388 was delivered at the same time as the Judgment...
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Judgment in Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd – appeal allowed

The Court of Appeal has allowed the Defendant’s appeal in the case of Belsner v CAM Legal Services, ruling that...
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Solicitors Act Judgment – Elias v Wallace LLP

In Elias v Wallace LLP [2022] EWHC 2574 (SCCO), the Claimant had made an application under s.68 Solicitors Act 1974...
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Optimares SpA v Qatar Airways Group

Gordon Exall's blog on the recent case of Optimares SpA v Qatar Airways Group QCSC [2022] EWHC 2507 (Comm) is...
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Update – Belsner v CAM Legal appeal

The appeal in the case of Belsner v CAM Legal Services was finally heard in the Court of Appeal during...
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Hourly Rates Update

Following on from my post in July about the application of the recently updated SCCO Guideline Hourly Rates, there has...
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Hourly Rates

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the new SCCO Guideline hourly rates are being considered by the courts to be...
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Belsner v CAM Legal appeal

Unfortunately the important appeal in Belsner v CAM Legal has once again had to be postponed, this time due to...
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Six Factors

In the recent case of Richards & Anor v Speechly Bircham Llp & Anor (Consequential Matters) [2022] EWHC 1512 (Comm),...
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