3+9=Costs (November 2025 Edition)

Welcome to the 12th Edition of 3 + 9 = Costs. 

We are grateful for extremely busy times! No less than 4 of our members have been heavily involved in the Emissions litigation on behalf of three separate car manufacturers, dealing with the second costs management hearing and anticipated applications for security for costs, examining disclosure, ATE and AAE provisions. Four of our members are getting ready to prepare the editorial work for the new edition of the White Book Costs & Funding supplement. And of course, we each continue to develop and extend our expertise – we love it!

This edition rounds up a number of topics:

Mazur. Confident you will not have heard enough, following up from our fully attended in-person seminar in Chambers, Vikram Sachdeva KC walks you through his careful analysis bringing you up to speed on what more is to come.

Dollars or pounds? Does it matter what currency the bills are charged in and paid? Daniel Kozelko examines a recent judgment of the Supreme Court in Process and Industrial Developments Ltd v Nigeria.

Just when you may have thought that Part 36 had stopped giving, a very recent case causes Daniel Laking to explore the circumstances in which the Court may (or may not) permit the withdrawal of a Part 36 where acceptance was attempted in time.

If you have been wondering how A.I. might impact your practice, Nyasha Weinberg shares her blue-skies thinking in a thought-provoking article, noting recent troubles and sharing new terminology such as “AI Slop”.  Well, new to me, anyway.

Finally, rounding up the newsletter with a lengthy article (sorry), I analyse the Litigation Funding arena, pick up some lessons from Merricks, and look to the future through the CJC review.

That should get you to a happy finish line at the end of 2025. Onward and upward and see you all in the New Year.

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