This month’s edition of Costs Lawyer magazine contains at article from the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen’s Chairman Iain Stark continuing the discussion on the issue, raised by an earlier article by District Judge Hill, of whether independent law costs draftsmen, who are not costs lawyers, are able to appear in court. (See my previous […]
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I recently came across this gem from Hoffman’s Costs Cases – A Civil Guide (3rd Edition) where he writes about law costs draftsmen: “One hopes that they are now of more assistance to the court that those experienced last century by Chitty J. in which he recognised the practice of solicitors’ clerks being heard in
This follows on from yesterday’s post concerning rights of audience of law costs draftsmen. You will need to read that first to avoid any confusion over what follows. (The ALCD was granted Authorised Body Status by The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen Order 2006 (S.I. 2006 no 3333) which came into force on 1st January
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The following article will be of interest to the wider legal costs profession, those who instruct law costs draftsmen and particularly to independent costs draftsmen. I am aware that members of the judiciary also read the Legal Costs Blog. They are likely to find this article particularly useful as they are likely to see an
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I’m still catching up on work following my return from holiday, so I only have time to point you in the direction of this article on rights of audience (see link) of non-solicitor agents. This would include law costs draftsmen who are not employed directly by a firm of solicitors and who are not Costs
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I previously discussed the issue of what hourly rate is appropriate for drafting a bill of costs. I suggested that for the vast majority of bills Grade D rates were appropriate. One reader responded that those bills with “difficult apportionment issues or multiple parties with costs orders going here and there” should justify a higher
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The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen has negotiated a reduced Lawtel subscription fee for its members. The reduced subscription fee is £300.00 plus VAT per annum per licence (normally £680.00 plus VAT). When Lawtel says “normally” this should probably be treated rather loosely as their subscription renewal requests tend to be on the imaginative side
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When the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen was reviewing whether to vote in favour of remaining an approved regulator it did some estimates as to the likely cost. This ranged from between £342.75 and £405.20 per member (in addition to current subscription levels). This was based on there being 269 Costs Lawyers who would share
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The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen is now advertising for the posts of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the new Costs Lawyer Standards Board as part of their steps towards meeting their requirements as an approved regulator. For those interested in applying, the details can be found here: Chairman, Costs Lawyer Standards Board and here:
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On a recent post were a number of comments from readers of the Legal Costs Blog. One said that they preferred the Blog when it is “informative”. Another responded by saying they preferred the Blog when it is “tongue in cheek and amusing”. Frankly, I resent the suggestion that anything I write on the Blog
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