Costs News

The Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland (pictured) has agreed to allow solicitors to choose whether civil legal aid bills worth between £2,500 and £25,000 are assessed by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) or costs judges while the LAA consults... view

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has commended the Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB) for the progress it has made in meeting the requirements of the oversight regulator’s performance framework, which measures each regulatory body against f... view

A man who was jointly liable for costs that were covered by his co-claimant’s after-the-event (ATE) insurance has been ordered to reimburse half of the payment to the insurer, but not half of the costs drafting fee. In ARAG PLC v Jone... view

A costs firm that allowed its work on a paying party’s case “to drift into default without any effective action being taken either to avoid default or to remedy it at the earliest possible time” has had an application to set as... view