Cost Budgeting more complex than Litigation

Costs budgeting was first introduced on 1 April 2013. Ever since then practitioners have craved further guidance in its implementation and procedure as its principles have been applied somewhat inconsistently between courts and judges alike. In the case of Sir Cliff Richard OBE -v- The BBC & Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [2017] EWHC…

More Fixed Costs?

In the news this week are reports that the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) is urging people to lobby their MP’s for costs reform in holiday sickness claims. Apparently there has been a 500% increase in compensation claims for holiday sickness since 2013 and this is going to lead to restricted holiday choices, including…