Costs
Costs work has traditionally had few specialists at the Bar but we are delighted to have several members who have considerable expertise and experience in this area. Our costs counsel deal with all aspects of costs litigation and act for both receiving and paying parties in written work and advocacy. They have considerable experience in matters concerning conditional fee agreements, collective conditional fee agreements, mis-certification, premature issue, costs estimates and costs capping. Assistance can be given in both contentious and non-contentious work.
We deal with all aspects of costs litigation, including:
- Maximising recovery of costs
- Exaggerated claims for costs
- Mis-certification of Bills and the status of Informal Costs Schedules
- Conditional Fee Agreements & Collective Conditional Fee Agreements
- CFAR 2000 enforceability issues
- Challenges to validity/enforceability of retainers post November 2005
- Premature issue
- Part 45 CPR - challenges to fixed success fees
- Recoverability of ATE Premiums [fixed, tiered and notional]
- Matters under the Solicitors Act 1974/the Solicitors’ Code of Conduct 2007
- Practice funding and third party costs orders
- Costs capping
