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29 November 2018 / Clare Arthurs , Richard Marshall
Issue: 7819 / Categories: Features , Costs
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A practical alphabet

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?

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NEWS
A deputy costs judge correctly exercised his discretion to allow late service rather than strike out the point of dispute, the Court of Appeal has held
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Public confidence in the justice system is being undermined by a lack of accessible, useable data, magistrates have warned
The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK
Government proposals to make independent written legal advice a prerequisite for workplace non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) may prove unworkable, according to a senior employment lawyer
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