AvMA Live Webinar: Costs Management, Sanctions and Unreasonable Conduct with Ben Petrecz, Partners in Costs on Monday 16th June 2025

We are delighted to be joined by Ben Petrecz, Costs Lawyer, Advocate & Senior Costs Consultant, Partners in Costs for a live webinar on Monday 16th June 2025 @ 10:30am discussing Costs Management, Sanctions and Unreasonable Conduct.

About:

Costs Management has been with us for over a decade. During that time, case law has developed covering a variety of issues such as the format of budgets; sanctions & relief for late service; how courts take account of unreasonable or disproportionate incurred costs; how budgeted sums for future estimated costs are to be set; the expectations of the parties in the negotiation process; the courts powers in relation to exaggerated or deliberately understated budgets. This session will cover recent decisions from the court, provide guidance on best practice and highlight some further changes to the budgeting process.

Bio:

Ben began work in the legal profession in 1996 & qualified as a Costs Lawyer in May 2008 having previously been a Fellow of the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen. He is named as a “Leading Individual” in the national 2024 Costs Lawyer section of The Legal 500 and is described as “knowledgeable” and “astute”. Ben spent the first 10 years of his career dealing with all aspects of receiving party costs for civil & family practitioners. Thereafter he spent 16 years at Keoghs LLP where he was a Partner & Lead Cost Lawyers dealing with all aspects of paying party work in a variety of areas including Tax, Public Law, Defamation, Administrative Law, Civil & Commercial Litigation. One of Ben’s enjoyable responsibilities was identifying and developing new strategies/initiatives and running/managing test litigation for compensators & insurers. Ben moved back to dealing with receiving party work earlier this year in his role of Advocate, Senior Costs Consultant & Trainer with Partners In Cost.

Bookings are open now!