Press Releases

The government should curb Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendation to expand the use of fixed recoverable costs, limiting them only to the fast-track, according to a survey of Costs Lawyers. Some 155 members responded to the poll, carri... view

Solicitors’ inability to stick to their costs budgets – as shown by the latest survey from the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) – puts them at risk of significant financial losses following last week’s major Court of Ap... view

Four months to prepare: ACL warns solicitors about electronic bill of costs Rule committee sets date for compulsory use in SCCO Solicitors need to get to grips with the electronic bill of costs and quickly, after the Civil Procedure Ru... view

Leading legal educationalist Professor Carl Lygo has been appointed as the first non-executive chair of ACL Training (ACLT), the Association of Costs Lawyers’ independent training arm. Professor Lygo is founder of BPP University, wher... view

ACL tells Jackson: It’s too soon for a radical extension of fixed costs Some areas of litigation cannot be made ‘one size fits all’, say Costs Lawyers Other reforms must come first, as must proper data collection Jackson... view