# Costs Law & Practice 2025: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients

> Solution-Focused, Court-Proven Answers to 7 of the Thorniest Legal Challenges facing Costs Practitioners: Directly from Top-Flight KCs, Judges, Senior Juniors and Solicitors

- Format: Hybrid
- Date: Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- On-demand: 19 March 2025 until 10 September 2025
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: On-Demand Single £155.00 + VAT per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/costs25

## Programme

- Chair's Introduction: Costs law & practice 2025: Shaping new developments into solution-focused answers for your clients
  - Chaired by Master Colin Campbell
- Costs Budgeting Strategy: What counts and what will sway the court when you are seeking or resisting a budget variation supported by practical examples of "significant developments" in borderline cases?
  - Answered by Alex Hutton KC
- Finding Part 36 Angles: How far can you push the court on Part 36 offers and their consequences for costs, including 90/10 offers, suspension of interest, and out-of-time offers?
  - Answered by PJ Kirby KC
- Solicitor-Client Dispute Insights: How has Oakwood v Menzies (2024) changed existing thinking on solicitor-client costs disputes, and does it signal an important shift in market practice?
  - Answered by Roger Mallalieu KC
- Conduct in Proceedings: What is the latest judicial thinking on unreasonable conduct in costs proceedings, including CPR 47.20(3) and CPR 44.11, and what is the impact on client advice?
  - Answered by Master Jason Rowley
- Fixed Costs Insights: What are the real-world implications of the fixed costs regime, including banding (or re-banding) within the fast track and intermediate tracks, and the operation of the new assessment provisions?
  - Answered by David Marshall, Anthony Gold
- Interim payments: How do you manage—and overcome—difficulties with interim payments on account of costs, including timing (before or after PODs), strategy, and knowing when enough is enough?
  - Answered by Nicola Greaney KC
- Reasonableness & Proportionality: In light of recent cases, how can you effectively challenge the reasonableness and proportionality of claimants' costs and secure a successful outcome for your clients?
  - Answered by Judith Ayling KC

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