Professor Dominic Regan provides an update on client contributions and warns of a cost management bombshell on the horizon, in this week’s NLJ
When, if ever, is it legitimate to take a costs contribution from a client? Regan reports on the importance of informed consent for costs contribution, as well as the nature of a bill – thanks to the ‘embarrassing anachronism’ that is the 1974 Solicitors Act.
Regan also outlines the oncoming cost management review which mentions ‘the unmentionable possibility of outright abolition’. What are the future prospects for cost management after this consultation?
