Costs in Judicial Review: Online Training Event

THIS IS THE COSTS IN JUDICIAL REVIEW TRAINING EVENT ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 19TH MARCH 2020.

Tickets are available for all the whole course (one ticket covers all sessions), or individually for ‘Aarhus and costs in environmental judicial review’ and ‘Costs for defendants’ both for £10 + VAT.

The session ‘Where we are now: Case law update’ and ‘Where we need to go from here’ will be recorded and made available for general use through Radio PLP after the seminar.

Every session will be run via Zoom. Sessions (with the exception of closing address) will last 90 minutes with a 5 minute mini-break in the middle. Participants will be emailed joining instructions by no later than April 10th.  We address Zoom’s privacy policy and practices here.

If you have any questions, please email Amélie Godfrey.

TIMETABLE:

April 14th 10:00 – 11:30: Aarhus and costs in environmental judicial review

Richard Buxton, Richard Buxton Solicitors

Gillian Lobo, ClientEarth

Nina Pindham, No5 Chambers

• Introduction to Aarhus background and overview
• Costs complaint before the Compliance Convention Committee re. extension to s.288 Town and Country Planning Act
• Interested parties’ entitlement to permission costs

April 14th 15:00 – 16:30: Costs in JR: Where we are now and case law update 

Chair: Polly Glynn, Deighton Pierce Glynn

Martin Westgate QC and Paul Draycott, Doughty Street Chambers 

April 15th 10:00 – 11:30: Costs issues for NGOs, including CCOs, interventions, alternative funding and indemnity streams

Alison Pickup, Public Law Project
Fiona Couzens, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Shu Shin Luh, Garden Court Chambers

April 15th 15:00 – 16:30: Costs for defendants 

Joanne Clement and Andrew Sharland QC, 11KBW

• Costs at the permission stage
• Costs on settlement
• CCOs and considerations for defendants
• Costs against legally aided parties
• Costs in favour of legally aided parties

April 16th 10:00 – 11:30: Costs nuts and bolts for those representing individual litigants

Dan Clarke, Doughty Street Chambers

• Availability of legal aid
• Timescales and delays
• Payment under legal aid (incl. high costs case plans)
• Costs orders in favour of legally-aided parties
• Costs orders against legally-aided parties
• Common issues on assessments

April 16th 15:00 – 16:30: Costs in judicial review: Where we need to go 

Tom Hickman QC, Blackstone Chambers