All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 12
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MoR not concerned ahead of fixed costs extension
Sir Geoffrey Vos says change will be huge - but should not affect access to justice.
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MoJ confirms fixed costs uplift for vulnerable parties
Defendant lawyers had warned that addition could offer claimants unnecessary ‘windfall’.
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Court disallows £25,000 claimed for instructing leading counsel
Defendant argued junior counsel was ‘more than qualified’ to conduct trial on her own.
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Inflation warning over legal aid reforms
Ministry of Justice publishes response to means test proposals nearly a year after consultation ended.
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Blank pages in evidence caused £40,000 legal aid overpayment
Judge suggests CPS 'evaluate the issue' of uploading print previews of spreadsheets to case system.
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Wanted: new DPP on salary of £225,978
Max Hill KC will step down as head of the Crown Prosecution Service in October.
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City firm to pay client left in the dark about £5m costs bill
Court also finds Reynolds Porter Chamberlain acted in conflict for both client and her lender.
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Disabled woman challenges legal aid guidance
Claimant faced costs dilemma in case against police after backdated welfare benefit payment was treated as capital.
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Former opponent buys rights to checkmylegalfees.com
Litigation firm’s boss looking forward to being on the 'same side in court'.
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Litigant penalised for being 'rude and abusive' to opponent's firm
Court awards indemnity costs in personal injury case as punishment for the conduct of the defence.
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Costs budgeting works but can be tailored to cases, review finds
Costs review also concludes that guideline hourly rates should be adjusted every year.
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Costs bills based entirely on estimates 'intentionally misleading'
Court rules that firm should be sanctioned after claiming for work that was not carried out.
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Claim falls away after solicitors underpaid court fee by £24
Deadline had been missed after solicitors’ inadvertent error in landlord-tenant dispute.
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JR threat amid clin neg fixed costs confusion
Lawyers demand to meet the Ministry of Justice after it emerges that some clinical negligence claims may be captured by new rules.
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Cyber-attack cost conveyancing giant £7m - but the insurers paid up
Goodwill writedown contributes to huge operating loss at Simplify, which was forced to cut new instructions for 10 weeks.
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Legal aid widened but grandparents 'will fall through justice gap'
Ministry of Justice announces £6m to support family and friends applying for special guardianship orders.
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Litigant who called City firm 'scammers' hit with £4,000 costs
Employment claimant penalised for inappropriate conduct and pursuit of hopeless case.
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Draft rules for fixed costs extension are finally published
Government gears up for implementation of the extension to most types of civil claims this October.
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Cost of assessing costs is a 'nonsense', says leading judge
Lord Justice Birss says profession has ‘bought into idea’ that costs estimates are always difficult.