Civil Litigation · glossary

Costs and case management conference

The hearing, called the CCMC, at which one judge sets every step to trial and approves each side’s costs budget. In Ravensett’s claim it took place in May 2027. The judge also ordered both sides to try mediation. CCMC Order, recitals · Chapter 6 · see Costs budget

Explained in Chapter 6, The Costs and Case Management Conference, of Civil Litigation.

How it comes up, in Chapter 6
After the Defence and the Reply, the court takes charge of the claim’s pace and price. It holds one hearing, the costs and case management conference (CCMC), which here took place in May 2027. There a judge sets every step to trial and approves each side’s budget for its legal costs. In this claim the judge also ordered Ravensett and Corledge to try mediation, in the order at Tab 7 of the Claim File.
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