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Mandatory Mediation in Costs Disputes : it will not be long now!

By Colin Campbell 06.03.25

All cases end one way or another. If there is a victor, there is a loser. If there is no victor, there will only be losers. But one thing is certain. Unless each party agrees that they will pay their own legal costs, there will need to be a discussion about who pays what in […]

Former High Court judge Dr Victoria McCloud awarded honorary ACL membership

By gareth 28.09.24

The Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has made Dr Victoria McCloud, who retired from the High Court bench earlier this year, an honorary member. She is already sitting on a working party the ACL set up last month – at the suggestion of the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO) – to review Precedent G (which […]

Master Victoria McCloud joins Costs ADR panel to enhance dispute resolution expertise.

By gareth 02.04.24

Costs Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) proudly announces the addition of Master Victoria McCloud, former Master of the King's Bench Division, to its esteemed panel. With decades of legal experience, Master McCloud brings invaluable expertise in mediation, expert determinations, and early neutral evaluations, with a special focus on costs disputes and related alternative dispute resolution (ADR) […]

Assessment v ADR

By gareth 25.08.20

I have begun to wonder whether the pressure to pursue Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and use detailed assessment only as a last resort is always for the best – and by ‘best’ I mean most cost-efficient. One of our clients tended to go by the adage that there is no such thing as a bad […]

Costs ADR from around the world

By gareth 12.08.20

Kevin Friedlander is a cost mediator working and living in South Africa and gives us a glimpse of how Costs ADR is working there. The current traditional platforms for dealing with costs are either via the courts (taxations – being detailed assessments) or via an assessment panel at the Legal Practice Council (LPC) (usually for […]

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