Costs News

Government keen on more fixed costs, minister confirms The government supports the principle of extending fixed recoverable costs (FRC), Ministry of Justice spokesman Lord Keen told lawyers this week, but gave no idea as to when a planned c... view

An insurance company that settled personal injury claims directly with the clients of a law firm has to pay the solicitors the costs they would have earned, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. Lord Briggs said that the CFAs made between Ches... view

The Court of Protection has rejected an application by the Official Solicitor to recover its costs in dealing with test cases over the deprivation of liberty of mentally capacitated adults which were ultimately dropped. Mr Justice Baker sai... view

Bacon on the bench Leading costs silk Nick Bacon of 4 New Square has been appointed as a Recorder (Crime) for the Midland Circuit. The appointment is part-time and took effect last week. He was one of 133 Recorders out of almost 2,500 appli... view