For all the costs reform we have seen over the past two decades, there remains plenty of scope for more, and the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, last month made clear his intention to take this forward – and potentially in a radical way.
Giving the keynote address to the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) annual conference in London, he revealed that he has already asked the Civil Justice Council (CJC) to “embark on a review of costs issues at all levels, including the guideline hourly rates”, as he indicated he would do when setting the new rates in August of this year.
