Costs Management Survey

This survey follows the ACL Annual Costs Conference and is to obtain feedback on the discussion documents sent to the membership on 5 May 2015.

A number of questions follow with opportunity to provide further information where appropriate. If you have any further comments which do not fit within the framework of the survey, you will have an opportunity at the end to provide further feedback.

All responses will remain anonymous.

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* 1. Do you agree that a change in budgeting procedure, as suggested in the consultation report, would improve the process?

Yes

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* 2. Do you agree that, when a court comments on any particular phase of a budget, those comments should be properly recorded?

Yes

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* 3. If you do agree, where do you think they should be recorded?

Court Order

Precedent H

Transcript

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Do you think the suggested amendments to Form H are useful?

All are useful

Most are useful

Some are useful

None are useful

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* 5. Do you have any further comments on Precedent H which you feel would improve things? If so comment here:

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* 6. Do you think removing “contingencies” from Precedent H is beneficial?

Yes

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* 7. Do you think budgeting would work based upon time incurred and time to be spent (without reference to hourly rates and actual time cost)?

Yes

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* 8. If hourly rates and time cost should remain, should they be set by the Judge at the CCMC?

Yes

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* 9. Do you think a further breakdown of incurred / pre-action costs (e.g. N260) with the Precedent H would be beneficial?

Yes

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* 10. If so, do you have any further comments as to how this information should be provided

Less information than N260

N260 form

More information than N260

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Do you consider that better Notes for Guidance are necessary? If so, comment on the revised ones circulated here:

Yes

Optional comment if Yes:

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* 12. Do you consider that restricting budgets to the “proportionate” amount of costs to be incurred without reference to costs already incurred would assist the process?

Yes

Optional comment if Yes:

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* 13. Does the statement of truth fall short of certifying that the budget does not breach the indemnity principal? If so, please suggest alternative wording here:

Yes

Optional comment if Yes

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* 14. Do you have any further comments which you feel would further the objectives of the Jackson Report and improve costs management? If so, comment here: