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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

Walkers—Muriel Marseille

Walkers—Muriel Marseille

Ashurst's Chief Risk Officer joins Walkers

Excello Law—John Osborne

Excello Law—John Osborne

Northern family lawyer John Osborne joins Excello

mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths

mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths

Trio of promotions announced at Kidderminster law firm mfg Solicitors

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to show that failing to disclose regulatory issues can attract harsher consequences than the original misconduct itself
Rejecting a generous settlement can prove an expensive mistake, as two recent high-profile cases demonstrate
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