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Legal costs adjudicator should not have dismissed application
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The High Court has granted judicial review of a decision of the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator determining that a solicitor's application for consideration of a costs determination was out of time. The court found that the adjudication of costs, including the costs of the adjudication itself, must be completed before the statutory time limit for consideration under section 160 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 begins. The matter has been remitted to the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator for further proceedings, with the court inviting the applicant to address any proposed directions for remittal.
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