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Feesability

The standard for litigation costs estimates


Costs estimates - a
brief history
• Before April 1999
• Advent of CPR and the origins of
costs management
• Jackson Review - the accelerator
• Feesability - the management tool
Pre-CPR

• Little interest
• No bite
• Guess a figure
Post CPR

• AQ and LQ
• Costs-capping
• Back of an envelope
• Precedent H
Post Jackson

• Tougher management
• Birmingham Pilot
• Publication Pilot
• Precedent HA
• Excel spreadsheets
Feesability
• Standard descriptions
• Easy to use application
• Enlightening reports
• Ability to learn
• Greater confidence
• Lower costs

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