Legal Costs

I was recently asked to review some invoices a client had received from their solicitors. At the bottom of each invoice the client was advised of their right under “the Solicitors Remuneration Order 1972” to require the solicitors to “obtain a Certificate from the Law Society stating that in their opinion the costs charged are […]

Costs webinar from Kings Chambers’ Andrew Hogan and Craig Ralph discussing current issues in personal injury costs including fixed costs, hourly rates, medical agency fees and developments in QOCS.

The new edition of Friston on Costs is now available to buy.  (Review to follow.) Complete this very short and fun quiz to secure a big discount on the standard price: Friston on Costs Quiz (pointerpro.com).

Costs Lawyers would recently have been checking they had collected sufficient Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points for the previous practising year (currently 12 hours). The Costs Lawyer Standard Board (CLSB) website has very useful section setting out the CPD requirements and what activities earn CPD points.  Part of this process includes setting training objectives at

Excellent costs update from Hailsham Chambers available to view: Hailsham Costs Seminar Includes very exciting news that Mark Friston’s latest edition of Friston on Costs may be with us soon.

Excellent Personal Injury Costs 2022 webinar from Andrew Hogan and Craig Ralph now available.  

The latest podcast from the Practico “Costs chat with friends” series features Andrew Hogan and covers a number of interesting costs issues.  Available via: Video – https://youtu.be/JluOwGBASyU Audio Soundcloud – https://soundcloud.com/user-144902971/2021-05-05-costs-chat-with-friends-andrew-hogan-with-jeremy-morgan-qc-and-andy-ellis Audio Spotify  – https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xffxvZwu6CN2l4RbCgkc1?si=383bfae2ecbc4a3b Audio iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/practico-the-podcost-series/id1445931706#episodeGuid=tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F1046097754 A pleasant and convenient way to pick up some free CPD points.

Congratulations to all the speakers and The Legal Training Consultancy for managing to proceed with the Solicitor and Client Costs Conference last week. The event was live streamed over Zoom with the speakers giving their talks from their respective lockdowns. There were some inevitable comic moments with technical issues but, to be fair, most of

I’ve run a complete overhaul on Legal Costs Central (the one-stop gateway to legal costs information on the internet) part of our website.  This has updated all the relevant rules and fixed a number of broken links. Let me know if there is anything else I should be adding.

The White Paper Conference Company has lined up another excellent costs conference on Costs Litigation: Shaping New Law into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients on 13 March 2019.  The speakers include: Regional Costs Judge Ian Besford, Alexander Hutton QC, Judith Ayling (39 Essex Street), Roger Mallalieu (4 New Square), David Marshall (Anthony Gold Solicitors), Alice Nash (Hailsham