Articles

Articles and notes

Short pieces on costs, Part 36 and civil procedure, written for people who have to apply the rules rather than admire them.

Nothing is published here yet. The first few pieces are being written, and they will appear on this page as they are finished. If there is a point you would find useful covered, my clerks will pass it on.

What is planned

• Which band, and why it matters more than the stage
• Part 36 in a fixed costs case: what the 35 per cent actually attaches to
• Escaping fixed recoverable costs, and why it rarely works
• Credit hire in the fixed costs world
• Disrepair claims after the fixed costs extension

Anything published here is a note on the law as I read it at the time of writing. It is not advice, and it is not a substitute for taking it.