Costs and funding – the latest developments

Legal costs and funding have been in the spotlight more than ever over the past year, thanks to Civil Justice Council reports on both, and there has also been a a bumper crop of significant decisions on the incidence and recovery of costs as well as how litigation can lawfully be funded.

Topics covered include:

• Percentage Part 36 offers reviewed by the Court of Appeal (Smithstone v Tranmoor)
• Budgeting failures in big claims
• How to identify the winner – new guidance from the courts
• Indemnity costs after Lawrence v Associated Newspapers
• Deductions from damages – judges are watching
• Conduct and CPR 44.11
• Proposals for reform