"Costs Management Pilot"

October 2011

A costs management pilot scheme will be operating in the Technology and Construction Court (the “TCC”) (together with the Mercantile Courts) from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012. The pilot is an extension of an earlier voluntary pilot that was run in the Birmingham TCC during 2009 and arises out of Lord Justice Jackson’s civil litigation costs review. Nicholas Gould, a partner here at Fenwick Elliott will (in his capacity as a Senior Visiting Lecturer at King’s College, London) be monitoring the effectiveness of the pilot and is currently in the process of producing questionnaires for solicitors and Judges involved in the pilot.

May 2013

The Costs Management Pilot Final Report, written by Nicholas Gould, a Visiting Senior Lecturer at King’s College London and a partner in Fenwick Elliott LLP, Christina Lockwood, a lawyer and CEDR accredited mediator, and Claire King, an Associate of Fenwick Elliott LLP has now been published.