The Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB) has won a grant from the government’s Regulators Pioneer Fund to run projects encouraging innovation. Responding to the award of £58,000 to the Costs Lawyer Standards Board... view
A “quite exceptional” increase in a family law firm’s hourly rates during the course of a multi-year retainer amounted to special circumstances to order a Solicitors Act assessment of its bill despite the application being made... view
The Legal Services Board (LSB) is to ramp up the pressure on regulators, including the Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB), to ensure that they and those they regulate provide people and small businesses who need legal advice with the informatio... view
The decision of a claimant’s solicitors to terminate their retainer had no just cause, a district judge has ruled. As a result, the claimant's costs were assessed at nil and the claimant was ordered to pay the defendant's costs of the... view
The Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB) has issued a consultation on a draft competency statement that aims to “articulate the knowledge and skills that a competent Costs Lawyer is expected to possess and apply when they enter the professi... view
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