Costs News

Diamond hits the headlines Costs Lawyer Jim Diamond generated headlines around the world last week with his report The Price of Law, published by right-wing think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies. In it, he said that with hourly rate... view

The High Court has again issued a costs penalty over poor conduct in litigation to send out a message on the importance of compliance with court orders. Mr Justice Males reserved the costs of the preliminary issues he had just ruled on, sub... view

It is time to introduce fixed costs for all civil claims worth up to £250,000, Lord Justice Jackson (pictured) declared last week, saying that “if the political will is there, this whole project could be accomplished during the cours... view

Working parties hard at work The ACL has held a meeting with the Senior Costs Judge Andrew Gordon-Saker (pictured) to discuss the state of play with the new format bill of costs in light of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee’s recent... view

The text of Lord Justice’s Jackson’s much anticipated talk on Fixed Recoverable costs can be accessed here fixedcostslecture The ACL’s fixed recoverable costs working party will be meeting shortly and there will be a full... view