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A practical alphabet

29 November 2018 / Clare Arthurs , Richard Marshall
Issue: 7819 / Categories: Features , Costs
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Clare Arthurs & Richard Marshall share an (almost) A to Z of life in the costs lane

Agreement

Agreeing budgets with the other side could be the best and most cost-effective option; likewise agreeing costs at the end of a matter.

Bullock order

Where one defendant succeeds and another loses, the court can order the claimant to pay the successful party’s costs, but allow them to recover these costs against the unsuccessful party.

Costs lawyers

Experts in the knotty area of costs, able to advise on everything from budgeting through to the minutiae of costs case law.

Detailed assessment

Where costs are not agreed between the parties, the court will go through the costs incurred with a fine tooth comb.

Electronic bill of costs

Precedent S is now a requirement in most multitrack matters for work undertaken after 6 April 2018.

Fixed recoverable costs

The new norm in personal injury claims, will fixed costs be extended to commercial claims as Jackson LJ suggested?

Get granular

Record your time in detail by phase, task and

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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