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Civil Procedure: Case Management Orders – when will a costs judge depart from them?

Peter Kirby QC, a High Court costs assessor, provides guidance on how to ensure you recover your costs ‘The imperative is to try and get the budget right the first time and, if necessary, during the course of the litigation to have the same revised in the light of changing circumstances.’ Billy Joel once sang, …

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Procedure: The price of everything

Daniel Butler and James Whittaker discuss recent case law on case management ‘If a successful party concludes the litigation within the limits of the approved budget, there will not be a requirement for a later detailed assessment given that costs had already been approved by the court.’ The Jackson reforms promised new robust procedures on …

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Civil Procedure Rules: Collaborative costs management – a way forward?

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Mark Bailey provides a defendant’s perspective of the post-April changes and how these should be tackled It is proposed that once a costs management order has been made and a budget approved, the court will thereafter control the parties’ budgets. The purpose of this article is to look at aspects of the new rules, potential …

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