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AI and Legal Costs: Could ‘AI Slop’ Lead to Costs Sanctions?
AI and Legal Costs: Could ‘AI Slop’ Lead to Costs Sanctions?Artificial intelligence has made it considerably easier and cheaper to produce legal documents. But what happens when that technology is used to generate excessive, inaccurate or irrelevant material that...
Medical Agency Fees: Defendants Ordered to Pay Costs
Medical Agency Fees: Defendants Ordered to Pay CostsThe long-running dispute over medical agency fees has produced another significant costs decision, with insurer defendants ordered to pay the costs of proceedings in JXX v Scott Archibald [2026] EWHC 2404 (SCCO). The...
Compulsory Purchase Costs: Indemnity Costs Awarded
Compulsory Purchase Costs: Indemnity Costs AwardedA recent Upper Tribunal decision has provided important guidance on Compulsory Purchase Order costs (CPO Costs), after a local authority was ordered to pay costs on the indemnity basis following a dispute over...
Prince Harry Legal Costs Update: £9.54m Interim Payment Ordered
Prince Harry Legal Costs Update: £9.54m Interim Payment OrderedThe scale of the Prince Harry legal costs dispute has become clearer after the High Court ordered the Duke of Sussex and six other claimants to make an interim payment of £9.54 million towards the Daily...
Solicitor-Client Costs Disputes: ACL Proposes Alternative to Legal Ombudsman
Solicitor-Client Costs Disputes: ACL Proposes Alternative to Legal OmbudsmanThe way in which solicitor-client costs disputes are resolved could change significantly under proposals currently being considered for reform of the Solicitors Act 1974. Earlier proposals...
Costs Budget Variations: High Court Confirms the Limits in Bassey v Whittaker
Costs Budget Variations: High Court Confirms the Limits in Bassey v WhittakerThe High Court has provided important clarification on when parties can vary an approved costs budget, confirming that judges do not have a general discretion to make changes simply because...