I was fortunate to have the chance to attend Jackson LJ’s fixed recoverable costs seminar in Birmingham on 16 March 2017, which focused on mercantile and business litigation. Those of you who have been following Practical Law’s coverage of Jackson LJ’s fixed recoverable costs review will be aware that he has been chairing a series of seminars, focusing on different areas of the law, to obtain court users’ input on the potential extension of the fixed costs regime.
In Birmingham, we heard from four speakers: His Honour Judge David Waksman QC of the London Mercantile Court; Ed Pepperall QC of the Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR); John Hughes, President of the Birmingham Law Society; and Isabel Hitching of the Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR). There were also many practitioner contributions, leading to a lively discussion of the pros and cons of extending the fixed costs regime. In this blog, I provide a brief flavour of each speaker’s presentation and a summary of the views expressed from the floor.
