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Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School provides a ‘costs crammer’, in this week’s NLJ, in the first of a special refresher series. 
Solicitors are breathing a sigh of relief following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Belsner v CAM Legal Services [2022] EWCA Civ 1387
Tweak it but keep it, the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has urged in response to a consultation on costs budgeting.
In this week’s NLJ, Professor Dominic Regan laments the terrible delays faced by a claimant, who had food poisoning on holiday in 2014, whose claim was not given a fair trial and who has only just been given leave to appeal by the Supreme Court—eight years after falling ill. 
The Court of Appeal began hearing the—previously interrupted—‘costs case of the decade’ this week.
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has extended the closing date of its consultation on costs by an additional two weeks, to 12pm on 14 October 2022. 
Kris Kilsby considers various ‘escapes’ that might emerge when the fixed recoverable costs regime is extended
Successful parties out of pocket: Fern Schofield & Anthony Tanney report on a hollow victory in the Court of Appeal
Falcon Chambers’ Fern Schofield and Anthony Tanney look at what turned into a hollow victory in the Court of Appeal, in this week’s NLJ
Judiciary on the warpath? Dominic Regan provides an update on client contributions & a costs management bombshell on the horizon
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Shakespeare Martineau—Sam Mason

Shakespeare Martineau—Sam Mason

Leicester family team strengthened by senior associate hire

Forsters—Sarah Williams

Forsters—Sarah Williams

Family team welcomes partner and head of children

Curtis Legal—Ioan Jenkins

Curtis Legal—Ioan Jenkins

Pontypool firm strengthens probate team with accounting graduate hire

NEWS
MPs have expressed disappointment after the government confirmed it will not consider updating the parental leave system until at least 2027
Sophie Wells, childcare law paralegal at Reading Borough Council, has scooped Paralegal of the Year at the National Paralegal Awards, held this week in Birmingham
In this week's issue of NLJ, Emma Brunning and Dharshica Thanarajasingham of Birketts unpack the high-conflict financial remedy case TF v SF [2025] EWHC 1659 (Fam). The husband’s conduct—described by the judge as a ‘masterclass in gaslighting’—included hiding a £9.5m deferred payment from the sale of a port acquired post-separation. Despite his claims that the port was non-matrimonial, the court found its value rooted in marital assets and efforts
Lord Neuberger, former president of the Supreme Court, shares his views on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in this week's NLJ with William Raven
David Bailey-Vella of Davis Woolfe and chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers explores the new costs budgeting light pilot scheme in this week's NLJ
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