The decision in Mazur last month clarified who may conduct litigation, and importantly who may not. Mazur has not impacted the CLSB’s existing guidance on Reserved Legal Activity Rights, and the CLSB has not identified any concerns regarding the conduct of regulated Costs Lawyers. The CLSB will continue to work collaboratively with the other approved regulators, LSB, ACL and the profession to ensure clarity across legal services in England and Wales.
We encourage all Costs Lawyers to revisit the guidance to satisfy yourselves that you are acting appropriately. If you a have unregulated costs advisors working in your team, you may wish to share this statement with them. If you hold a position of leadership or management and have unregulated costs advisors working in your team and/or organisation, you should also remind yourself of our guidance note for costs law firms. Costs Lawyers working in firms regulated by another approved regulator may wish to share the CLSB guidance with their employer.