Costs News

ACL survey live We are running our usual member survey to coincide with the Manchester conference. This provides valuable data for the ACL and also provides PR opportunities. You can take the survey from the comfort of your own desk here. I... view

An employment tribunal (ET) that ordered an unsuccessful claimant to pay costs of £20,000 made the mistake of substituting its own view of decisions taken by the litigant, rather than reviewing the reasonableness of those decisions, the Em... view

Courts do have the power to order an interim payment on account of costs where a part 36 offer has been accepted, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The decision in Global Assets Advisory Services Ltd and Anor v Grandlane Developments Ltd and O... view

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the Costs Lawyer Standards Board’s (CLSB) application to increase the practising certificate fee (PCF) by 10% to £275, the first increase since 2011. Twenty-five of the 30 responses to... view