Butterworths Costs Service

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Commentary

Source Currency: Issue 151, February 2026. The following Divisions have been reviewed and updated as necessary: Division B Summary Assessment and Detailed Assessment Division C Family Proceedings Division F Supreme Court and Privy Council Division G Court of Protection Division K Civil Legal Aid and Public Funding Division L Solicitors' Remuneration Division M Criminal Proceedings Court Fees.

Butterworths Costs Service contains a complete statement and explanation of the law relating to contentious costs in civil proceedings, costs in criminal proceedings, non contentious costs, public funding and counsel's remuneration. The material is arranged in divisions corresponding to individual jurisdictions and each contains narrative, full texts of relevant source materials, full precedents of relevant bills of costs, practice directions and detailed cross-references. Additional updates can also be accessed via the LexisNexis Dispute Resolution Blog, and Current awareness alerts relating to Costs can also be set up on LexisLibrary.

Contributors

Peter T Hurst  Editor
Professor Mark Hill QC  Editor
Louise di Mambro  Editor
Andrew Gordon-Saker  Precedents editor
Nicholas Bacon QC  Editor
MasterJason Rowley  Editor
CJ Lethem  Editor
David Chalk  Editor
Judge Simon Middleton Editor