Solicitor and own client assessments
How has Belsner v Cam changed existing thinking on solicitor/own client disputes?
Can you apply the same argument to CPR 46.9(3)(c)?
Hybrid DBAs - Alex Hutton QC, Hailsham Chambers
In the spotlight of Lexlaw v Zuberi, what are the implications of hybrid DBAs on costs law and practice?
How will market practice change?
Incurred costs - District Judge Ian Besford
Given the inconsistency in approach, at what point - legally and practically - should a party update costs from estimated to incurred ahead of a CMC/CCMC?
Part 36 offers - Judith Ayling QC, 39 Essex Chambers
How far can you push the Court over Part 36 offers and costs, e.g. the costs of detailed assessment, suspension of interest, out of time offers?
Proportionality - Master Jason Rowley
The expansion of proportionality so that it covers the vulnerability of parties and witnesses - new and important innovation or damp squib?
Budget variations - Roger Mallalieu QC, 4 New Square
How do you make tactical use of the new Prec T and budget variation procedure, and how will it influence your "good reasons" argument at assessment?
Strategy - Shaman Kapoor, 39 Essex Chambers
How do you gain a strategic advantage for your client when commencing, defending and resolving costs actions?
In light of Barts Health v Salmon, what - right now - amounts to a good reason for departing from a cost budget for the receiving party and the paying party?
Electronic bills (NTS1) - District Judge Ian Besford
Despite the controversy and hullabaloo, how is the E-bill working on provisional and detailed assessment?
What is best practice for points of dispute, replies, lodging paperwork before and during the assessment?
