Thomas Legal Costs

We are small hard working firm of Costs Lawyers in London looking to recruit a Costs Lawyer, Solicitor or BAR qualified person with an interest in costs. If you know of anyone who might be interested/been made redundant & is looking for a challenge pls apply. Please Rewteet.

1996 - the SCCO Guide, 80 pgs. 2022 SCCO guide 155 pages ... and 696 page Costs & Funding Whitebook Supplement post "reforms"

Those were the days ...

Is a four day working week possible for Solicitors? (asks @TheLawSociety email circular) ... Let's start with the Courts (one can imagine the outcry) otherwise most of our clients (& us) will always remain reactive to (often challenging) demands of courts and their clients

Opps ... lawgazette.co.uk/news/costs-… Fee earner details are basic info that should always be provided, but perhaps the draftee felt some reluctance because ... ummm ... there were 33 (33!) fee earners who carried out work!

There are some at TL that argue for the removal of any/all guideline rates for "city" work. These cases rarely "fit" with the intended use of GHR (if you read the notes to GHR). It might be better (in our opinion) to simply have national guideline rates for consumers only

Will be interesting to see how the "new" GHRs (if rolled out) plays out at the SCCO and if it would scupper cases like this lawgazette.co.uk/news/costs-… Where an increase of 30% (to 65%) was considered "exceptionally large"

The "new" GHR are just proposals at the moment albeit the final report "doubles down" on its recommendations. It is creating a lot of buzz but in DA SCCO hearings the GHR often have little effect anyway. Be interesting to see if that changes.

those DBAs just keep getting better lawgazette.co.uk/practice/ca…

bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-c… Brilliant! Apparently the case was won by a whisker

London on the front line when virus hit and somewhere at the back of the line for the vaccine but still putting on an inspiring display

CJC report suggest Guideline rates could do with a ‘modest’ increase. The proposed range is from £512 (London 1, Grade A) to £126 (National 2, Grade D) with limited amendments to the geographical areas.

For opponents of the opponent: May we suggest exhibiting this when applying for indemnity costs! :-)

What with the cold, and the rain, and the covid, and the Brexit, and the WFH and cancelled Christmas parties it brought a smile to see the Christmas tree go up in our courtyard

With the recent decisions on Guideline rates, this latest one must surely be the kiss of death lawgazette.co.uk/news/court-…

Excellent effort and enjoying seeing The Chief making an appearance

Not sure whether it's 'cause @davidallengreen is "now" there but @FT 's coverage of the legal world has been excellent This article is making me wonder if pay in law reflects wider UK society: less of a spectrum and more two speed ft.com/content/b593b3cc-a75f…

fantastic! ft.com/content/199fecc3-601a… Norton Rose Fulbright, Osborne Clarke and Herbert Smith Freehills, Travers Smith have returned wage subsidies and unwound cost-saving measures ...

and there are two episodes! youtube.com/watch?v=1nicI6Rw… Who needs the boxset of Suits!