Costs

Go to page of 75

If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all: Dominic Regan covers shocks & surprises when the bill comes, & underlines the importance of following the rules

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that the interest rate has increased on the Court Funds Office (CFO) special and basic accounts.

Solicitors do not always understand the difference between an estimate and a budget, but it’s an important distinction, writes Jack Ridgway, chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week’s NLJ.

While using estimates to prepare budgets may seem logical, in reality it is attempting to fit a square peg in a round hole: Jack Ridgway explains why

The extended fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime will be implemented in October 2023, under current government plans.

The civil justice minister, Lord Bellamy KC, has announced at the Civil Justice Council National Forum that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to implement the extended fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime in October 2023.

More than half of costs lawyers have said they hope the landmark decision in Belsner will trigger a review of the ‘outdated’ Solicitors Act 1974.

The top personal injury cases of 2022 are outlined by Leigh Day partner Vijay Ganapathy, in this week’s NLJ.

Professor Dominic Regan reveals his tips for the next Lord Chief Justice, in his 'The insider' column this week, as well as potential future Supreme Court judges.

Dominic Regan tips his hat to his judges of the year & provides an update on Belsner bedlam

Show

Results

Go to page of 75

E-newsletter Sign-Up

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Read All

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Real estate dispute resolution team welcomes newly qualified solicitor

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

International private client team appoints expert in Spanish law

NLJ Career Profile: Stefan Borson, McCarthy Denning

Stefan Borson, football finance expert head of sport at McCarthy Denning, discusses returning to the law digging into the stories behind the scenes

NEWS

Read All

NLJ this week: Jury still trusted—Crown Court study revisited

Michael Zander KC, emeritus professor at LSE, revisits his long-forgotten Crown Court Study (1993), which surveyed 22,000 participants across 3,000 cases, in the first of a two-part series for NLJ

NLJ this week: AI copyright clash

Getty Images v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch) was a landmark test of how UK law applies to AI training—but does it leave key questions unanswered, asks Emma Kennaugh-Gallagher of Mewburn Ellis in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Cyber drills build real-world resilience

Paper cyber-incident plans are useless once ransomware strikes, argues Jack Morris of Epiq in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Fairness from day one

In this week's NLJ, Robert Hargreaves and Lily Johnston of York St John University examine the Employment Rights Bill 2024–25, which abolishes the two-year qualifying period for unfair-dismissal claims

NLJ this week: When procedure is power

Writing in NLJ this week, Manvir Kaur Grewal of Corker Binning analyses the collapse of R v Óg Ó hAnnaidh, where a terrorism charge failed because prosecutors lacked statutory consent. The case, she argues, highlights how procedural safeguards—time limits, consent requirements and institutional checks—define lawful state power

Error message

Costs

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

NLJ Career Profile: Stefan Borson, McCarthy Denning