Costs News

PC fee approved The Legal Services Board has approved the Costs Lawyer Standards Board’s (CLSB) application to hold the practising fee at £250. The CLSB’s budget for 2016 is set at £151,500, an increase of £2,250 (... view

A 100% success fee is not automatically reasonable for the purposes of CPR 21.12 because an “ill-informed” client agreed to it, according to the regional costs judge who last month cast doubt on the standard way many low-value person... view

A High Court judge has expressed his doubts over an order which offset a divorced woman’s maintenance against her costs liability to her husband. Mr Justice Holman said that “the entangled complexities” of the relationship... view

Green takes permanent ACL policy role From Maurice Cheng, chief executive: I am delighted to announce the appointment of Claire Green as the policy officer for the ACL, following the advertising of the role in August. Claire, formerly chair of... view

Switching clients from legal aid funding to a conditional fee agreement backed by after-the-event insurance has come under the spotlight this week with the publication of two rulings from Costs Judge Rowley. Both concerned clinical negligen... view