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Fixed costs are a done deal. But when, how & where will they apply? Dominic Regan shares his thoughts

Plans to make the new electronic bill of costs compulsory this autumn have been postponed.

Elizabeth Love assesses the numbers behind the consultation on fixed costs, and finds them wanting

The threshold for an award of costs in the small claims court is high, but not insuperable as Francis Kendall explains

Catriona Stewart discusses the possible cost consequences of delayed or abandoned mediation attempts

Recent cases illustrate the importance of advising clients about the risk factors around costs recovery, as David Cooper explains

Lord Justice Jackson has looked, listened & learnt during the first three months of his consultation, as Dominic Regan reports

Fixed costs—a mid-term review

Extracts from Dominic Regan’s exclusive interview with Lord Justice Jackson, midway through his consultation

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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
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
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
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