Sue Nash
- Opinion
Two cheers for Sir Rupert
The inception of costs management was botched, but there are grounds for optimism.
- Opinion
Dose of realism needed on hourly rates
The arguments about hourly rates must be speedily resolved, with realism applied by both paying and receiving parties.
- Opinion
Costs benefit
Rulings since the Jackson reforms have confirmed time and again the importance of complying with the new rules to the letter.
- News
Costs precedent
Judgment in the conjoined appeals of Gavin Flatman v Gill Germany and Richard Weddall v Barchester Health Care Ltd was handed down last month [2013] EWCA Civ 278. The decision was an important one in view of the new funding and costs regime that exists following the implementation of the ...
- News
Getting to grips with costs
As the recent ‘Trials and tribulation’ article on the Jackson reforms pointed out, predicting and controlling costs is at the heart of the reforms. Thoughts though now need to turn to the immediate requirements under the new system.