24 October, 2012

One of our Costs Drafting clients sought our advice recently having been denied a Prior Authority for a Paternity Test disbursement. 50% was allowed and, despite a Court Direction to the contrary, the LSC said the fee should be shared with the respondent. They had twice failed to change the LSC’s mind on the point. […]

Clients have been reporting rumours about CDS Best Value Tendering (BVT) for a while now. Most of these have been initiated by Contract Managers, one was blunt enough to tell a client that his firm would not exist in 3 years time. It is hard to tell if this is a deliberate “softening up” exercise […]