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What Judges Look for in a Reasonable Costs Budget
What Judges Look for in a Reasonable Costs Budget In our experience supporting Solicitors, fee earners and Counsel with budgets across the spectrum of civil litigation, a consistent pattern emerges. Judges are looking for Costs Budgets that are grounded in reality,...
Budget Drafting and Budget Monitoring: Understanding the Distinction
Budget Drafting and Budget Monitoring: Understanding the DistinctionEffective cost management is fundamental to successful litigation. Two processes are central to this: cost budget drafting and budget monitoring. While they are closely linked, they perform different...
Class Actions and Group Litigation Costs: How Do Costs Lawyers Assist?
Class Actions and Group Litigation: How Do Costs Lawyers Assist?Class actions and group litigation, otherwise known as collective proceedings, are a legal process that enables multiple individuals with similar claims to pursue a case collectively against one or more...
Litigation Misconduct: Bill of Costs Reduced by 75% for CPR 44.11 Breaches
Litigation Misconduct: Bill of Costs Reduced by 75% for CPR 44.11 BreachesSummary - The work undertaken in preparing a Bill of Costs is a specialist task which should not be left to an individual lacking the relevant expertise, failing which allegations of misconduct...
Costs Budgets and Indemnity Costs: Xtellus Capital Partners Inc v DL Invest Group PM SA
Costs Budgets and Indemnity Costs: Xtellus Capital Partners Inc v DL Invest Group PM SASummary: The interaction between costs budgets and indemnity costs can be unclear in practice. Xtellus Capital Partners Inc v DL Invest Group PM SA [2025] Costs LR 1593 clarifies...
The Recoverability of Inter-Fee Earner Discussions
The Recoverability of Inter-Fee Earner Discussions Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) (16 September 2025)Summary: The decision in Mazur has had a wide-ranging impact on the legal landscape, and made it critical that a regulated...