A Practical Guide to Solicitors' Costs, Cost Only Proceedings & Jackson
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Costs & Funding
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- Length:
- 30 minutes of audio
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- Yes Downloadable as MP3: Yes
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- Course Aims:
This podcast is aimed at any practitioner involved in litigation, particularly solicitors. It aims to provide a practical guide to the approach and procedure to take when a client challenges a solicitors’ costs. It also briefly looks at the procedure when a third party – typically a mortgagor or beneficiary challenges a costs bill. The podcast addresses the impact active cost management (as recommended by Lord Justice Jackson) will have on cost proceedings and how cost only proceedings can be properly managed.
- Outcomes:
- After completing the course you will:
- Understand the procedure for a client to challenge their solicitors’ costs;
- Be aware of the grounds for challenge and the relevant time limits set down in statute;
- Understand the basis of assessment and the relevant presumptions that apply as between a solicitor and their client;
- Be aware of the significant changes Lord Justice Jackson’s review of costs is likely to have for assessment proceedings;
- Understand some of the practical aspects of cost only proceedings and how they can be properly managed.
- Level:
- General Interest
- Classification:
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Practical Guide
Procedural
- Sources and References:
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- CPR Rule 48.8;
- CPR Rule 48.10;
- CPR Rule 44.12A;
- Solicitors Act 1974 ss 71, 70, 69.
This podcast with specialist cost barrister Martin Farber will look at a range of practical issues when seeking to challenge a cost bill. It will focus on solicitor v client cost disputes and how they can be managed, the impact of the Jackson Review for costs assessment and how to manage cost only proceedings once settlement of a dispute has been achieved.
Podcast added: 02/06/2011
Podcast last reviewed: 2012-02-27
