News 16 September 2020 The update to the CPR and Practice Directions due on 1st October 2020 amends the costs budgeting process when Costs Budgets are to be revised. This includes the preparation of a new form called a Precedent T. The following briefly sets out how the new process will work.
There already exists in CPR PD 3E para 7.6 a requirement for parties to vary costs budgets where there have been sig .....continue reading
16 September 2020 GLOBAL ENERGY HORIZONS CORPORATION [GEHC] v THE WINROS PARTNERSHIP (formerly ROSENBLATT SOLICITORS [RS]) [2020] EWHC B27 (Costs)
Master James has ruled in the SCCO that three Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs) are unenforceable in a high value commercial case by virtue of contravening Section 58 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
GEHC are a corporation investing in oil and gas industry .....continue reading
12 June 2020 Master Brown’s recent decision in Utting v City College Norwich [2020] EWHC B20 (Costs) gives further guidance on how an underspent costs budget phase should be treated on detailed assessment; namely that it is not in itself good reason to make further reductions to the claimed budgeted costs.
This decision forms part of growing case law defining good reason to depart from an approved costs .....continue reading
21 March 2020 For the welfare of everyone associated with Goodwin Malatesta we have asked our team to work from home in compliance with the Government's most recent COVID-19 guidance.
Our team all have secure remote access to emails and to our document management system. Any staff visits to our office will be kept to a minimum and only when unavoidable. All telephone calls are also being transferred to o .....continue reading
20 March 2020 These are very unusual and uncertain times and we are all having to prepare for whatever the COVID-19 virus outbreak may bring over the next few weeks or months. What is expected is the need for legal costs recovery to continue and indeed it may become even more pressing if the predicted downturn in the economy takes place.
Goodwin Malatesta wish to assure all our clients that we are comply .....continue reading
26 April 2019 April has seen two major changes to the Goodwin Malatesta team, with Scott O’Rourke joining us from Kain-Knight and Kevin Thurley’s retirement.
We are very proud to welcome Scott to our team and he brings many years of legal costs experience including 12 years at Kain-Knight and 13 years at Masters before that.
Scott is an excellent addition to our team and he will focus largely on t .....continue reading
25 October 2018 We are proud to welcome Anthony James to the Goodwin Malatesta team. Anthony brings many years of legal costs experience including 20 years at the Legal Aid Board and he will be focusing on the lodging of claims within CCMS, the preparation of bills of costs, points of dispute and High Costs case claims, as well as applying his unrivalled Legal Aid knowledge to enhance the services we provide our .....continue reading
15 February 2018 The Department of Health & Social Care has published its Summary of Responses to the Consultation on Introducing Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims. In the conclusion the Secretary of State for Health accepts the proposal to set up a working group to develop a bespoke process for clinical negligence claims initially valued up to £25,000 and .....continue reading
[Previous] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [Next]
Predictable Costs Regime
•An article appearing in the Law Gazette dated 9th March 2006 regarding the predictable costs regime is summarised
Repayment Of Legal Aid
•The Legal Services Commission (LSC), which controls the £2 billion a year legal aid scheme, is now demanding hundreds of thousands of pounds
The New Master Of The Rolls
•the new Master of The Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, speaks his opinions of the soaring litigation costs and the legal aid budget.
Costs Estimates
•a leading costs expert warned that a clampdown on the accuracy of costs estimates is being driven from the senior judiciary downwards.
GM Briefing - Apr 2015
GM Briefing - Feb 2015
GM Briefing - Apr 2016
GM Briefing - Dec 2015
GM Briefing - Dec 2016
Anthony James
•Anthony is a Law Costs Draftsman with over 40 years experience in a wide range of legal costs issues ...
Claire Addicott
•Claire Addicott has over 25 years legal costs experience and has most recently focused on opposing c ...
Domenico Malatesta
•Dom Malatesta is also a Costs Lawyer of the Association of Costs Lawyers and has acted in many cases ...
•The Court of Appeal’s decision in Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust has now placed approved costs budgets at the front and centre of standard basis detailed assessments
Court Of Appeal Decides When Costs Budgeting Trumps Detailed Assessment
•Offical Website of GM-LCS GM Legal Costs Services
Time To Prepare For The New Format Bill Of Costs!
•Many lawyers are unprepared for the massive change in the way claims for costs are to be presented in civil litigation
Costs Budgets, Detailed Assessments And Hourly Rates
•Master Campbells hourly rate decision in RNB v Newham highlights the close link between costs budgeting and detailed assessment
Costs Budgets And Bills Of Costs – Take The Same Approach!
•The costs budgeting process is now fundamentally linked to detailed assessment proceedings
<< Go back
How To Revise A Costs Budget – The New Precedent T
Master James Rules That Cfas Are Unenforceable Due To Breaches Of The Courts And Legal Services Act 1990
Utting V City College Norwich - Is An Underspent Phase A Good Reason To Depart From An Approved Costs Budget?
Goodwin Malatesta Plan For Business As Usual During The Covid-19 Outbreak
Managing Our Practice During The Covid-19 Virus Outbreak
Scott O`rourke Joins Goodwin Malatesta And Kevin Thurley Retires
Anthony James Joins To Strengthen Legal Aid Costs Team
Publication Of The Summary Of Responses To The Consultation On Introducing Fixed Recoverable Costs In Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims
[Previous] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [Next]
Related News
•An article appearing in the Law Gazette dated 9th March 2006 regarding the predictable costs regime is summarised
Repayment Of Legal Aid
•The Legal Services Commission (LSC), which controls the £2 billion a year legal aid scheme, is now demanding hundreds of thousands of pounds
The New Master Of The Rolls
•the new Master of The Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, speaks his opinions of the soaring litigation costs and the legal aid budget.
Costs Estimates
•a leading costs expert warned that a clampdown on the accuracy of costs estimates is being driven from the senior judiciary downwards.
Related Documents
GM Briefing - Feb 2015
GM Briefing - Apr 2016
GM Briefing - Dec 2015
GM Briefing - Dec 2016
Related People
•Anthony is a Law Costs Draftsman with over 40 years experience in a wide range of legal costs issues ...
Claire Addicott
•Claire Addicott has over 25 years legal costs experience and has most recently focused on opposing c ...
Domenico Malatesta
•Dom Malatesta is also a Costs Lawyer of the Association of Costs Lawyers and has acted in many cases ...
Popular News via gmlcs.in
Costs Budgets & Detailed Assessments - So What Is A Good Reason To Depart From An Approved Costs Budget?•The Court of Appeal’s decision in Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust has now placed approved costs budgets at the front and centre of standard basis detailed assessments
Court Of Appeal Decides When Costs Budgeting Trumps Detailed Assessment
•Offical Website of GM-LCS GM Legal Costs Services
Time To Prepare For The New Format Bill Of Costs!
•Many lawyers are unprepared for the massive change in the way claims for costs are to be presented in civil litigation
Costs Budgets, Detailed Assessments And Hourly Rates
•Master Campbells hourly rate decision in RNB v Newham highlights the close link between costs budgeting and detailed assessment
Costs Budgets And Bills Of Costs – Take The Same Approach!
•The costs budgeting process is now fundamentally linked to detailed assessment proceedings
<< Go back