Costs News

A claimant who failed to beat a part 36 offer has seen his entire damages award and costs entitlement wiped out after it was set off against the defendant’s costs award, while a non-party costs order was made against a credit hire company... view

Chair election reminder Members received an email last week calling for nominations to replace Sue Nash as chair of the ACL at the AGM on 14 May 2016. Council has decided that that an election will take place over the next month so that the per... view

Commercial Court considers budget amendments The Commercial Court is willing to entertain retrospective amendments of costs budgets despite that not being the practice developing elsewhere, it has emerged. A newly published record of this... view

“A valuable exercise in engagement” was ACL chairman Sue Nash’s verdict on last week’s EGM in London, where around 40 members spent two hours in robust but constructive exchanges with the Council. One of the main iss... view

The fixed recoverable costs regime applies to low-value personal injury claims that exit the RTA and EL/PL portals and proceed on the multi-track, a circuit judge has ruled. The case, Qader & Ors v Esure Services Ltd [2015] EW... view