Costs Management Pilot - Final Report

May 2013

Costs management is here to stay. From 1 April 2013 costs management has applied to most types of litigation, in accordance with CPR 3.12 – 3.18 and Practice Direction 3E, under the 60th update to the CPR. Costs management under the new rules will introduce a new discipline in respect of incurring litigation costs. An overview of costs management and feedback from solicitors and judges provided under the Pilot can be found in the Costs Pilot Final Report, written by Nicholas Gould, Partner at Fenwick Elliott, Christina Lockwood, a lawyer and CEDR accredited mediator, and Claire King, Associate at Fenwick Elliott.