I wrote recently about the coming regime of costs management in civil litigation – see Costs management moves closer in England and Wales.
We now have a more authoritative reference document. Mr Justice Ramsay delivered a speech a few days later with the heading Costs management: a necessary part of the management of litigation, available on the Judiciary website. The speech provides as good a summary as you could want of the reasons for managing costs from an early stage in a case, of the practical implications, and of the likely consequences of the new regime.
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