The Costs Management Revolution: Achieving Proportionality? - John Ludman, TCPRichings Law Costs Consultants
21/01/13. There can be no doubt that the forthcoming rule changes concerning Costs Management represent a truly revolutionary change in the way that the costs of litigation are to be dealt with. As from April 2013, costs are to be actively managed by the Court as cases proceed, as opposed to the present system, whereby the quantum of costs is determined primarily by way of Detailed Assessment, once the Court has determined which party is to pay for the costs in question. The idea of Costs Management was, of course, central to Sir Rupert Jackson’s Review of Civil Litigation Costs, whose recommendations are largely adopted in the new rules.
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