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Lawyers shouldn’t fear judges―they’re ‘gentle’ and like ‘teddy bears’. Those are the words of Sir Rupert Jackson, architect of the civil justice costs reforms (who also confesses he sometimes saw judges as ‘ogres’ when starting out). 

Jofa  highlights a procedural problem in relation to the fair allocation of costs in the Court of Appeal, as Graeme Kirk explains

Security for costs: Rakesh Kapila reports on the forensic accountant's role
Plans to extend fixed recoverable costs to civil cases valued between £25,000 and £100,000 will tilt the balance of power even further in favour of defendants, personal injury lawyers have warned
The Court of Appeal has warned solicitors not to duplicate the work done by counsel, after drastically reducing recoverable costs in an appeal against a costs order.
Parties need to consider the costs & be prepared to justify them as reasonable & proportionate, says Paul Bracewell

The late emergence of a will won’t trump the costs consequences of inactivity & non co-operation, as Michael Ashdown explains

With an uncertain number of costs challenges on the horizon, Dominic Regan’s advice: explain everything to the client or suffer the consequences

What constitutes a ‘good reason’ to depart from a costs budget? Simon Gibbs examines the evidence
David Bailey-Vella analyses Roman v AXA Insurance
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Real estate dispute resolution team welcomes newly qualified solicitor

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

International private client team appoints expert in Spanish law

NLJ Career Profile: Stefan Borson, McCarthy Denning

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
Paper cyber-incident plans are useless once ransomware strikes, argues Jack Morris of Epiq in NLJ this week
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
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
Cryptocurrency is reshaping financial remedy cases, warns Robert Webster of Maguire Family Law in NLJ this week. Digital assets—concealable, volatile and hard to trace—are fuelling suspicions of hidden wealth, yet Form E still lacks a section for crypto-disclosure
NLJ columnist Stephen Gold surveys a flurry of procedural reforms in his latest 'Civil way' column
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