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Costs in Personal Injury Claims: Frequently Asked Questions
Costs in Personal Injury Claims: Frequently Asked Questions Understanding costs in personal injury claims can often be confusing for claimants and solicitors alike. Personal injury litigation involves a number of different types of legal costs, funding arrangements...
How to Avoid Costs Budget Overspend in Long-Running Clinical Negligence Cases
How to Avoid Costs Budget Overspend in Long-Running Clinical Negligence Cases Long-running clinical negligence litigation presents a unique legal costs budgeting challenge. Complex expert evidence, evolving causation arguments, amendments, and extended timetables can...
How to Maximise Costs Recovery in High Value Clinical Negligence Claims
How to Maximise Costs Recovery in High Value Clinical Negligence Claims High value clinical negligence litigation is resource-intensive by its nature. Multiple expert disciplines, complex causation issues, significant disclosure, and heavy counsel involvement can...
How Detailed Should Points of Dispute Be?
How detailed should Points of Dispute be? Points of Dispute are a critical stage in detailed assessment proceedings. For the paying party, they represent the formal opportunity to challenge the costs claimed in a Bill of Costs. For the receiving party, they define the...
When to Involve Legal Costs Specialists in a Commercial Dispute
When to Involve Legal Costs Specialists in a Commercial Dispute In commercial litigation, costs are rarely incidental. They are often significant, closely scrutinised, and capable of influencing settlement strategy as much as the merits of the dispute itself. Yet many...
When to Instruct a Costs Specialist in a Complex or High-Value Case
When to Instruct a Costs Specialist in a Complex or High-Value Case In complex or high-value litigation, legal costs are rarely a secondary issue. In many cases, costs exposure can equal or exceed the value of the claim itself. Despite this, costs specialists are...