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Costs lawyer numbers set to swell
Wednesday, 3 September 2014The number of students applying for the new training course run by the Association of Costs Lawyers has nearly doubled, with leading firms such as Irwin Mitchell, Kain Knight and Masters all supporting staff through it.
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Survey: “buoyant” costs lawyers expanding to meet budgeting demand
Monday, 23 June 2014The introduction of budgeting has significantly increased the demand for costs lawyers, the annual survey of members by the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has indicated.
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ACL obtains counsel’s opinion to head off “malevolent” rights challenges
Tuesday, 17 June 2014Members of the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) have an “absolute right” to conduct costs litigation and act as advocates in costs proceedings, counsel’s opinion has confirmed in the wake of what the ACL described as several “malevolent” court challenges.
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Costs lawyers urged to review insurance cover in wake of Mitchell
Tuesday, 10 June 2014The risk of costs lawyers being sued has increased since the Jackson reforms and they need to keep their level of insurance under active review, their regulator has said, with a formal change to the regulatory regime now approved by the Legal Services Board.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs budgeting, professional indemnity insurance
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ACL launches revised costs lawyer qualification regime
Friday, 2 May 2014The Association of Costs Lawyers has launched its new training regime that aims to ensure that the next generation of costs specialists “are up to the demands of the post-Jackson era”.
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LSB says ‘yes’ to revamped costs lawyer qualification, but ‘no’ to trainee regulation
Thursday, 12 December 2013The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved a significant revamp of the costs lawyer qualification. The proposal from the Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB) followed a comprehensive review of its qualification regime.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, CLSB, Costs Lawyer Standards Board, costs lawyers
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First chief executive for Association of Costs Lawyers
Wednesday, 27 November 2013The Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has named Maurice Cheng as its first professional chief executive officer, a role it said was created to help members thrive in the post-Jackson world. He is currently part-time chief executive of the British Osteopathic Association
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Short window to influence hourly rates review, ACL warns
Thursday, 17 October 2013The committee reviewing the guideline hourly rates is set to issue a short call for evidence next month and it is vital that practitioners participate in the process, the Association of Costs Lawyers has warned.
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ACL backs call to make costs work a reserved legal activity
Monday, 30 September 2013The Association of Costs Lawyers has strongly endorsed the recommendation of leading academic Professor Stephen Mayson that law costs work should only be carried out by properly authorised and regulated specialists.
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Ramsey named ACL honorary president
Friday, 26 July 2013Sir Vivian Ramsey, the judge leading the implementation of the Jackson Reforms, is to become the new honorary president of the Association of Costs Lawyers. Mr Justice Ramsey will take up his post with immediate effect for a period of three years.
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