Costs

Costs judges cannot treat costs as being reasonable or proportionate simply because they fall within an approved budget, the Court of Appeal has said.

A poll of costs lawyers has revealed increasingly negative predictions for the post-Jackson era.
 

HH Simon Brown QC continues his exclusive NLJ online series on costs management post-Jackson

Richard Harrison criticises the over-simplistic approach to costs management

Janna Purdie reviews a novel approach to litigation funding
 

HHJ Simon Brown’s exclusive NLJ online guide continues with the golden keys to successful case management

Dominic Regan & Paul Reason sketch out a true picture of the post-Jackson world

HHJ Simon Brown’s exclusive online guide to costs budgeting

The costs budgeting sanctions imposed on Andrew Mitchell MP in his libel action against The Sun newspaper over “plebgate” has leapfrogged to the Court of Appeal.