Costs officer/s meaning

Stage 1—preparing to bring a claim and pre-action matters Guidance on UK trade mark infringement, offences, passing off, interim injunctions, running IP disputes, privilege, dispute resolution (mediation and arbitration), and the Disclosure Scheme; plus checklists and forms (injunction, application, hearing) Stage 2—Letter before action alleging infringement Notes on infringement, passing off, unjustified threats and drafting; includes a trade mark letter of claim precedent Stage 3—commencing proceedings Procedure, defences and exceptions, IPEC flowchart, pleadings and initial disclosure precedents, and CPR/Part 36 forms Stage 4—case management Procedure and Disclosure Scheme notes, court guides (Chancery, Patents Court, IPEC and Small Claims), and case management questionnaires, Disclosure Review Document, Certificate of Compliance, budgets and directions Stage 5—disclosure and evidence Surveys and witness evidence (PD 57AC), privilege, disclosure (including electronic) and flexible trials; witness statement and Extended Disclosure precedents; affidavits, applications and certificates Stage 6—trial...

In this issue: Practice Compliance forecast Sanctions AML, CTF & counter‑proliferation financing Other financial crime Other Practice Compliance updates this week Practice Compliance Highlights 2025/2026 Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Practice Compliance forecast New Practice Compliance forecast as at 16 December 2025 Our refreshed Practice Compliance forecast, dated 16 December 2025, is now available. This edition covers: (1) the SRA’s latest consultation on safeguarding client funds; (2) the ICO’s revised timetable for guidance on lawful basis, smart data and automated decision‑making; (3) the LSB’s consultation aimed at promoting diversity across the legal sector; and (4) legislative movement on the Employment Rights Bill, which could secure Royal Assent before Parliament’s Christmas recess. See News Analysis: New Practice Compliance forecast as at 16 December 2025. Sanctions How Russia sanctions trajectory is affecting UK legal sector UK and EU lawmakers have continued to tighten sanctions against Russia throughout this year, with...

The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform On 15 February 2024, the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, in a report, backed moves to simplify EU tax systems but insisted such initiatives must yield advantages that exceed any costs and added complexity. In its recommendation, the committee stated that Ireland's position remains that direct taxation is a competence of EU member states under the treaties, and that tax harmonisation runs counter to this tenet. The committee sent its recommendation to houses of the Irish parliament—the Dáil and the Seanad—asking them to submit to the European Commission a protest, termed a reasoned opinion. A parliamentary press officer said houses supported the recommendation without debate as advised by committee...

In this issue: Public children Private children Financial provision LexTalk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New content Updated content Useful information Public children Cafcass guidance on conflicting assessments in public law cases The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has issued fresh guidance for local authorities and Cafcass where the children’s guardian’s views (and thus their independent advice to the court) differ significantly from the assessment of a local authority social worker and/or the independent reviewing officer on a child’s final care plan or interim arrangements. The guidance covers all children involved in care and supervision order applications under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989), as well as deprivation of liberty applications. It outlines the steps to take whenever a divergence emerges during proceedings and is to be completed before final recommendations are presented to the court. A pre-final hearing meeting must be arranged to pinpoint...

Mitigating the risk You should establish procedures requiring staff to disclose (usually to the nominated officer) any knowledge or suspicion concerning: money laundering, terrorist financing or proliferation financing sanctions breaches fraud tax evasion bribery and corruption organised crime See further section: Mitigating the risk. The nominated officer is, in specified situations, obliged to relay that knowledge or suspicion to the National Crime Agency (NCA) by submitting a suspicious activity report (SAR), or, depending on the report’s character, to another authority via suitable routes. The NCA assigns SARs to trained financial crime investigators for further enquiries. Intelligence derived from SARs may then be passed by the NCA to other law enforcement or government agencies (LEAs), which may require additional information. Where LEAs seek more material following a SAR, it will generally be obtained through enforcement action, usually by way of a production order. This How-to guide offers direction on managing financial crime investigations and addresses related topics such...

Practice Note This Practice Note sets out guidance on when it is proper for the Official Solicitor to be named as litigation friend in family proceedings, together with the criteria, requirements and process for making such an appointment. It further considers funding arrangements and liability for costs. The Official Solicitor is an officer of the Supreme Court, appointed by the Lord Chancellor. The Official Solicitor’s team comprises seasoned solicitors who specialise in Court of Protection matters and in representing children and individuals who lack capacity in legal proceedings, but only where no other suitable person or agency is available to assume this role. Where an application seeks the Official Solicitor’s appointment as litigation friend, adequate security must be arranged for the costs of legal representation of the protected party, to the Official Solicitor’s satisfaction. Moreover, the Official Solicitor will be appointed solely as a measure of last resort, where no one else is willing to act as litigation friend, or in truly exceptional circumstances. No individual, including the Official...

This Practice Notice explains what ought to be taken into account when considering an appeal against a costs order—the starting position being that such appeals are generally discouraged. It outlines the preliminary factors and the foundation for a costs-only appeal, which falls under CPR 52. It also covers the time limits for appealing, obtaining permission to appeal, challenging a refusal of permission, the correct venue for the appeal, the documents required to initiate it, and the consequences of bringing an appeal. This Practice Note does not consider: an appeal against the decision of a costs officer, as these are governed by special provisions in CPR 47.21 to CPR 47.24. For information, see Practice Note: Detailed assessment—appeals recovering the costs incurred in an appeal. For guidance, see Practice Note: Appeals—costs recovery appeals generally. For guidance, see: Civil appeals: general and preliminary considerations—overview Appeals as to costs are discouraged The courts’ general approach is that appeals from costs orders should be discouraged,...

Part 1, interpretation and limitation of liability Unless the context requires otherwise, these articles use terms defined in the Companies Act 2006 (and any amending or subordinate legislation) and within these articles. Defined terms include: address; articles; bankruptcy (including similar overseas procedures); chair and chair of the meeting (articles 13 and 30); Companies Acts; director (including anyone acting as such); document (including electronic); electronic form/means and hard copy form; instrument; member; ordinary and special resolutions; eligible director; participate; proxy notice; relevant officer (non‑auditor officers of the company or any group undertaking, present or former); subsidiary; and writing (any visible representation, including electronic) The model articles are excluded. Unless otherwise stated, statutory expressions bear the meaning they had when these articles became binding. References to legislation include any modification, re‑enactment or replacement. Singular includes plural and vice versa; masculine includes feminine and neuter; persons include corporations Each member’s liability is limited to £1, payable on a winding up while a member or within one year of ceasing, towards:...

THAT the directors be authorised Directors are authorised to [ advance by way of loan OR provide ] up to £50,000, when aggregated with all other Relevant Transactions and Arrangements, to [ insert name of the director ] as a director of the Company. The sum of £[ insert amount of funds, not to exceed £50,000 when aggregated with other Relevant Transaction and Arrangements ] will fund costs incurred, or to be incurred, by them: for the purposes of the Company; or to enable proper performance of their duties as an officer of the Company. In this resolution, Relevant Transactions and Arrangements means any Company loan or quasi‑loan to a director of the Company or its holding company, any such loan or quasi‑loan to a person connected with that director, any credit transaction for the benefit of that director or a connected person where the Company acts as creditor, and any guarantee or security given by any person in connection with any...

1 Introduction 1.1 Client care sits at the heart of the regulatory framework governing our work. We are committed to delivering a high standard of service to every client—this duty is shared by all staff to ensure we meet that aim. 1.2 This client care manual covers everyone working at any level, including partners, consultants, solicitors, other employees (whether permanent, fixed-term or temporary), contractors, trainees, secondees, home-workers, casual staff, agency staff, interns and students, agents, sponsors, volunteers, or any other person connected with the firm wherever based (together called ‘staff’ in this manual). 1.3 References to a ‘fee earner’ in this manual include all staff handling client matters and/or those responsible for managing client relationships, irrespective of their seniority or qualifications. 2 Responsibility The Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) holds responsibility for this client care manual and supervises the firm’s client care arrangements. If the COLP is unavailable and a response is required, you should contact [state who should be contacted, eg their deputy,...

Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, 28.1 Under Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, 28.1, the court may issue whatever costs order it considers just at any point. The authority for the Family Court and the High Court to impose a costs order on a non-party stems from section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981. Pursuant to FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, 28.2, selected elements of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR) on costs are adopted within the FPR 2010. See Practice Note: Costs in family proceedings. No formal application is needed; however, a judge should not make such an order without first joining the third party and giving them the opportunity to make submissions on whether the order is appropriate (per CPR 46.2). Where an adjourned hearing has been ineffective, the court may reserve the question of costs and direct Cafcass to show cause why they should not meet the costs of that ineffective hearing. If an order made at an ineffective hearing is...