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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

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WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

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NLJ this week: Burnout behind the billable hour

Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice

NLJ this week: Domestic abuse reforms still falling short

Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes

NLJ this week: Uber’s legal shield faces scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic

Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales

NLJ this week: Hereditary peers era finally comes to an end

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber

NLJ this week: Is it finally time to scrap Part III?

The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes

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Costs

MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth