Join Brett Dixon, APIL Secretary and Senior Fellow for the essential costs update for the final quarter of 2024 bringing you the latest case law, rule updates you need to know, and an update on hot topics in costs: 

• Hot Topics in Costs
  • Update on Civil Justice Council costs and pre-action protocol work
  • Client damages and deductions
    • The position post Oakwood v Menzies
       
• CPR Update
  • Update
  • Fixed Recoverable Costs – What Next?
     
• Case Law Update
  • Part 36 case watch
  • Issue based costs orders
  • Misconduct on assessment
  • The touchstone in relation to costs reasonable in amount
  • Interlocutory costs orders and enforcement
  • Costs orders on discontinuance – the discretion to be different
  • Wasted costs and fundamental dishonesty
  • Costs of costs budgeting hearings – be careful what you ask for