Seminars
"Costs a tip of the Iceberg" (Serious Fraud Office
- Procedure in Criminal Proceedings)
Presented by Lisa Arbon-Donovan/Jack Levin (March 2014)
For further information or full details of this seminar and materials please contact ladonovan@aliceblue-beaver-480038.hostingersite.com
"Budgeting – The Jackson Reforms"
Presented by Lisa Arbon-Donovan/Jack Levin (January 2014)
For further information or full details of this seminar and materials please contact ladonovan@aliceblue-beaver-480038.hostingersite.com
"Minimising liability and the Jackson Reforms"
(Crown Prosecution Service)
Presented by Lisa Arbon-Donovan/Jack Levin (June 2013)
For further information or full details of this seminar and materials please contact ladonovan@aliceblue-beaver-480038.hostingersite.com
"Planning the Budget & Jackson Reforms"
(from Counsel’s perspective)
Presented by Lisa Arbon-Donovan/Jack Levin (May 2013)
For further information or full details of this seminar and materials please contact ladonovan@aliceblue-beaver-480038.hostingersite.com
"Costs a tip of the Iceberg" (POLCA)
Presented by Lisa Arbon-Donovan/Jack Levin (Dec 2010)
For further information or full details of this seminar and materials please contact ladonovan@aliceblue-beaver-480038.hostingersite.com
"Costs an Overview - Minimising liability Maximising Recovery"
– (Receiver’s Costs/RCPO)
Presented by Lisa Arbon-Donovan (Aug 2009/Feb 2011)
For further information or full details of this seminar and materials please contact ladonovan@aliceblue-beaver-480038.hostingersite.com
"Non contentious Costs (Private Practice)"
Presented by Jack Levin (July 2010)
For further information or full details of this seminar and materials please contact jlevin@aliceblue-beaver-480038.hostingersite.com
Latest News
Exploring Points of Dispute in Legal Costs Proceedings
In legal costs proceedings, Points of Dispute are formal objections raised against a Bill of Costs during detailed assessment proceedings. They identify the items being challenged, explain why the costs are disputed, and set out the reductions sought. For law firms and litigation teams involved in High Court, commercial, family, criminal or multi-party litigation, well-drafted…

Payment via third parties does not discharge client’s responsibilities to solicitors
Read the full Judgment in Mehta v Howard Kennedy LLP [2026] EWHC 968 (KB)

Security for costs is not obtainable in inter partes assessments
Read the full Judgment in Magomedov & Ors v Rabinovich & Ors [2026] EWHC 962 (SCCO)
Latest News
Exploring Points of Dispute in Legal Costs Proceedings
In legal costs proceedings, Points of Dispute are formal objections raised against a Bill of Costs during detailed assessment proceedings. They identify the items being challenged, explain why the costs are disputed, and set out the reductions sought. For law firms and litigation teams involved in High Court, commercial, family, criminal or multi-party litigation, well-drafted…

Payment via third parties does not discharge client’s responsibilities to solicitors
Read the full Judgment in Mehta v Howard Kennedy LLP [2026] EWHC 968 (KB)
Latest News
Exploring Points of Dispute in Legal Costs Proceedings
In legal costs proceedings, Points of Dispute are formal objections raised against a Bill of Costs during detailed assessment proceedings. They identify the items being challenged, explain why the costs are disputed, and set out the reductions sought. For law firms and litigation teams involved in High Court, commercial, family, criminal or multi-party litigation, well-drafted…