Procedure & practice

Jon Lord assesses the government’s latest attempt to address costs in clinical negligence claims

Taking time with costs budgeting pays off, says Iain Stark

Hannah Rawlins introduces CADR—a welcome alternative to detailed assessment

Loving LIPs; the matrimonial dog; contact interventions: a taster; & revised CPR forms.

Contractual changes can be agreed despite not meeting contract formalities, says Chris Nillesen

Don’t resolve disputes, avoid them, says Martin Burns

Who bears the costs of statutory demands, asks Elaine Palser

Emma Reynolds & Emily Tearle discuss whether the new Pt 36 regime is an opportunity seized or overlooked

Philip Evangelou considers the counter-party risk for firms acting on a CFA, & the impact that insufficient ATE & recoverability can have on the CFA relationship

Are litigants the latest victims of the government’s austerity measures, asks Georgina Squire