All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 14
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NewsLegal Aid Agency speeds up billing process
Defence solicitors no longer have to wait until a case ends to submit claim for police station work.
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NewsCourt of Appeal overturns tribunal's 'artificial and arbitrary' costs cap
Judge had recognised that real costs would be higher but wanted cap for Subsidy Control Act cases.
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NewsLegal aid data reveals plummeting spend on housing disrepair
Solicitors says tenants' access to justice has been curtailed by changes to what was previously a 'cost neutral' scheme.
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NewsCosts of case manager meetings cannot be claimed, master rules
Fee-earners attending meetings are not involved with progressing litigation in complex personal injury claim.
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NewsSociety secures JR permission over criminal legal aid fees
Chancery Lane urges new lord chancellor Alex Chalk to settle dispute away from court.
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NewsPart 36 benefits denied after claimant's 'perilously close' offer
Offer to settle at 99% of the value of the claim did not create meaningful chance of ending dispute.
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NewsLead judge backs financial remedies reform
Mr Justice Mostyn says simple rules for determining financial remedies have been overpainted by 'woolly' judicial discretion.
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NewsClaimant lawyers accused of ‘exploiting’ insurers to hike costs
Defendant lawyers say they are fighting cases where claim values are artificially inflated.
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NewsBreakdown of medical agency costs 'irrelevant', court finds
New twist in insurer requests to see details of medico-legal company invoices.
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NewsMental Capacity Act 'toolkit' for parents
Ministry of Justice embarks on awareness-raising exercise after opting against payment reform.
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NewsClaimant who beat her own offer by 7p penalised for 'tactical step'
County court rules that reduction on Part 36 offer was not a genuine attempt to settle costs issue.
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NewsMoR 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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NewsMoJ confirms fixed costs uplift for vulnerable parties
Defendant lawyers had warned that addition could offer claimants unnecessary ‘windfall’.
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NewsCourt 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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NewsInflation warning over legal aid reforms
Ministry of Justice publishes response to means test proposals nearly a year after consultation ended.
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NewsBlank 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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NewsWanted: 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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NewsCity 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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NewsDisabled woman challenges legal aid guidance
Claimant faced costs dilemma in case against police after backdated welfare benefit payment was treated as capital.