Costs Law

Costs Budget - Roger Mallalieu, 4 New Square (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 26.04.16) How can you use costs budgets tactically in litigation when 95% of matters do not get to trial so the full effect of the budget is never felt? What if there is an admission of liability/breach of duty?

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Variations - Steven Green, Irwin Mitchell (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 02.03.16) What can you do when you have overrun a CMO but not sought to review prospectively? How can you persuade the court to agree an amendment?

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Proportionality - Richard Wilkinson, Temple Garden Chambers (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 02.03.16) How can you argue proportionality at assessment so as to avert a problem (with examples of successes and failures, cases such as QPR, difficulties experienced and overcome and unexpected issues or arguments deployed)?

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New Form Bill (notes) - Andrew Post QC, Hailsham Chambers (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 02.03.16) Is the new form bill of costs going to be simplified or made more flexible so it is not so unpopular? How is the pilot scheme working out particularly for assessments?

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New Form Bill - Andrew Post QC, Hailsham Chambers (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 02.03.16) Is the new form bill of costs going to be simplified or made more flexible so it is not so unpopular? How is the pilot scheme working out particularly for assessments?

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J Codes - Deborah Burke, Attain Legal Costs Management (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 02.03.16) How are practitioners going to implement the J Codes and so analyse Bills of Costs, Statements of Costs and Precedent H Budgets? Can the cost of implementation be made acceptable to small firms?

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Incurred Costs - David Marshall, Anthony Gold (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 02.03.16) How are the courts approaching incurred costs, i.e. commenting on them, assessing them or setting a global budget figure for any phase? How are incurred costs interacting with future costs at CCMC hearings?

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Costs Budget - Roger Mallalieu, 4 New Square (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 02.03.16) How can you use costs budgets tactically in litigation when 95% of matters do not get to trial so the full effect of the budget is never felt? What if there is an admission of liability/breach of duty?

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ADR - Peter Hurst, Former Senior Costs Judge (Costs, Jackson, LASPO, London, 02.03.16) Is Alternative Dispute Resolution starting to provide a legitimate and workable alternative to the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO), with reference to Arbitration, Mediation, Early Neutral Evaluation, Expert Determination, Expert Costs Advice and Paper Assessments?

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