Costs News

Have your say The ACL is carrying out its regular survey of members’ views on the state of the market and other key issues. If you did not fill it out at the London conference earlier this month, we would be grateful if you could spen... view

Claimants named as the beneficial owners of the proceeds of sale of a property did not achieve a ‘monetary award’ in the litigation and so the consequences of a part 36 offer would not apply to that sum, the High Court has decided. ... view

The ACL is “generally supportive” of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in appropriate cases, but this must be supported by significant procedural and technological reforms, it has told the government. But it expressed a “profo... view

The first High Court judge to give guidance on applying the proportionality test has overturned a costs master’s ruling and slashed the costs he allowed by more than two-thirds – although this was in part because the master allowed m... view