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Julia Mowbray explains why costs capping is exceptional

Tony Walton charts the milestones on the road to fixing fees

Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow review protective costs orders in judicial review

All plans to regulate contingency fees should be stopped pending the publication of Lord Justice Jackson’s Review into costs in December, the Bar Council has warned.

A little known Court of Appeal decision six years ago has come back to haunt personal injury practitioners.

Business Environment Bow Lane v Deanwater Estates Ltd [2009] EWHC 2014 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 363

After a decade of uncertainty, while new procedural and funding systems have become established, we need time to reflect before launching into yet further reforms, with the risk of making changes almost just for the sake of change.

Patrick Boylan, Will Francis & Chris Brierly examine costs issues arising from the Buncefield litigation

Simon Young advocates a tripartite approach to essential cost cutting

David Burrows examines the relationship between judicial discretion & the law

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

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

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

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

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