Costs Law: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients
Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 of the Biggest Legal Challenges facing Costs Lawyers: Directly from Top-Flight KCs, Judges, Senior Juniors and Solicitors
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Additional clips from Costs Law on-demand conference
Master Jason Rowley on Hourly rates
Nicola Greaney KC on QOCS
George McDonald on Solicitor-Own client
Roger Mallalieu KC on Part 36
Alexander Hutton KC on Budgeting
David Marshall on New fixed costs regime
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On-demand clip
So you know what to expect from the recorded conference, here is a clip of Jamie Carpenter KC.
Jamie is answering the question: How can you gain an edge for clients in costs appeals?
Programme
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Chair's introduction
Costs law: Shaping new developments into solution-focused answers for your clients
Answered by Master Colin Campbell
Colin sits as a Deputy Costs Judge at the SCCO. He sat as a Costs Judge from 1996 to 2015 and served as a costs officer of the UKSC and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
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Appeals
How can you gain an edge for clients in costs appeals?
When do you bring them and when not, including caselaw and practical tips?
Answered by Jamie Carpenter KC of Hailsham Chambers
Jamie is "brilliant at taking the law and distilling it into something very pragmatic." He acted in King v Corp of London over the construction of CPR Part 36.
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Hourly rates
Given the sea change in judicial attitude, what amounts to a robust and persuasive justification for a departure from guideline hourly rates?
Answered by Master Jason Rowley
Jason is a Costs Judge at the Senior Courts Costs Office. He is co-author of 'Cook on Costs.'
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QOCS
How do you mitigate the tricky situation brought about on QOCS following the cases of Cartwright and Ho?
Answered by Nicola Greaney of 39 Essex
Nicola "is excellent in advisory work and on her feet and easily contends with complex facts." She takes silk in March 2023 and is a group litigation costs specialist.
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Solicitor-Own client
How will the Belsner litigation impact on solicitor-own clients disputes about large legal spend, and who will benefit?
Answered by George McDonald of 4 New Square
George “knows costs inside out and achieves fantastic results”. He is the contributing editor of Butterworths Costs Service and acted in the Belsner v Cam Legal Services litigation.
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Part 36
How do you ease the tension between part 36 offers and fixed costs following the CA's decision in Doyle v M&D Foundation (2022)?
Answered by Roger Mallalieu KC of 4 New Square
Roger acted in the Doyle v M&D Foundation litigation. He is a "master in his field, thinking of all the angles" and co-author of the White Book supplement on Costs and Funding.
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Budgeting
Will budgeting be extinguished completely or altered, and how, following judicial/CPRC scrutiny?
Should it be postponed until after directions?
Answered by Alexander Hutton KC of Hailsham Chambers
Alexander has a "phenomenal command of costs law" and "the sharpest intellect around." He chaired the Hutton Committee on the E-Bill and acted in Barts Health v Salmon.
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New fixed costs regime
Where are the challenges likely to be, can fixed costs be avoided and how will market practice change?
Answered by David Marshall of Anthony Gold
David is Chair of the Law Society’s Civil Justice Committee and a member of the CJC's Costs & Funding sub-committee. He advised Jackson LJ on his Review of Fixed Recoverable Costs.