Hannah Rawlins introduces CADR—a welcome alternative to detailed assessment
Changes to the CPR and rising court fees have resulted in a growing need for alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Aside from the general expense and CPR challenges it is a common frustration that significant delays are experienced in engaging in the formal detailed assessment process. In that period paying parties are left with the uncertainty of not knowing what their actual exposure will be and receiving parties are left out of pocket. Meanwhile interest continues to accrue on outstanding costs in the absence of exactly judged payments on account. No surprise then that ADR has become a sophisticated offering in both the domestic and international legal markets and is now being replicated in the litigious costs industry.
CADR
CADR (Costs Alternative Dispute Resolution) has formed an alternative dispute resolution panel bringing together a number of costs luminaries and experts at every level. Panel members include two recently retired members of the costs judiciary, Peter Hurst and Colin Campbell along with QCs Nicholas
