Belsner case: some clarity but reform needed

A landmark judgment in what has variously been described as the “costs case of the decade” and the “personal injury case of the year”, provides much-needed clarity for solicitors and their clients who enter into a type of “no-win no-fee” agreement, according to the Law Society. But the judgment also called for reform of the assessment of solicitors’ bills in contentious and non-contentious business.