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Master calls on rules committee to solve riddle of the costs of budgeting
Wednesday, 16 August 2017A High Court Master has called on the Civil Procedure Rules Committee to resolve the “tension” between the need to “spell out in the eventual bill” the costs of costs budgeting and to include them in Precedent H. Master Victoria McCloud said the committee should consider amending the guidance to Precedent H.
Tags: costs budgeting, costs lawyers
Posted in Costs, News
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.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs lawyers
Posted in Costs, News
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.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs budgeting, costs lawyers
Posted in Costs, News
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”.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs lawyers
Posted in Costs, News
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
Posted in Costs, News
New costs lawyer chief targets solicitors
Tuesday, 21 May 2013The new chairman of the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has pledged to launch a campaign that will highlight to solicitors the risks to their own income of not using a fully qualified and regulated costs professional.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs draftsmen, costs lawyers
Posted in Costs, News
Student costs lawyer numbers stay strong
Thursday, 4 October 2012New entrants to the costs world are recognising the importance of regulation and the need for specialist skills ahead of the introduction of the Jackson reforms, the Association of Costs Lawyers has claimed after the number of people choosing to train as a costs lawyer stayed strong this year.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs draftsmen, costs lawyers, costs management, Jackson report
Posted in General, News
"Unprecedented rise" in number of students training to become costs lawyers
Thursday, 7 June 2012The number of people choosing to train as a costs lawyer has almost doubled during 2011 as the impact of several major forces – including the Jackson reforms and the Legal Services Act – are felt in the costs sector, the Association of Costs Lawyers has reported.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs lawyers
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