Orders for costs 10.—(1) The Upper Tribunal may not make an order in respect of costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) except— (a) in proceedings on appeal from another tribunal, to the extent and in the circumstances that the other tribunal had the power to make an order in respect of costs (or, in Scotland, expenses); [...]

Orders for costs 10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Tribunal may make an order in respect of costs only— (a) under section 29(4) of the 2007 Act (wasted costs); or (b) if the Tribunal considers that a party or its representative has acted unreasonably in bringing, defending or conducting the proceedings. (2) The Tribunal may [...]

Following an request by the Court of Appeal in 2007, Courts have begun to develop and codify their costs-capping jurisdiction.  Under rules proposed by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee issued last week, Courts are expected to implement such capping, particularly in personal injury and defamation cases.  The committee said that the approach to cost-capping should [...]

There has been significant changes to the Costs Assessment procedure by the LSC as contained in the newly revised Costs Assessment Guidance.  This is section H of Volume 1 of the LSC Manual.  The revised section appears to have only just been uploaded to the LSC website despite being dated October 2007.   Costs Assessment Guidance – [...]