All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 19
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NewsMore cash for solicitors? Not the right thing to do - Raab
Lord chancellor says unsustainable pay increases for legal aid practitioners will prolong inflation.
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NewsFixed costs extension delayed to October 2023
Justice minister says the legal sector needs more time to adjust.
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News'Crunch time': Society tells Hunt to protect justice spending
Law Society highlights importance of legal aid for those hit by cost of living crisis ahead of autumn statement.
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NewsConveyancing regulator freezes practising fees
Chief executive says regulator's job is to fully understand the pressures firms face.
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NewsBar Council makes 'special pleading' ahead of autumn statement
Mark Fenhalls KC says reversal of improved funding over last two years will cause irrevocable damage.
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NewsLegal aid: Firm paid £1,387 less than psychologist it instructed
House of Commons justice select committee hears directly from frontline solicitor on remuneration issues.
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NewsBelsner: CoA orders £155,000 costs within two weeks
Costs mounting up against clients of costs recovery firm after Court of Appeal blow - but they are understood to be indemnified.
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OpinionBelsner takes a bite out of 'cannibal' legal industry
Belsner v Cam Legal Services: What exactly did the Court of Appeal decide?
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NewsSolicitors to update MPs on legal aid crisis
The Law Society and Criminal Law Solicitors' Association will give evidence to the justice committee.
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NewsCourt thwarts 'fishing expedition' by Checkmylegalfees
Client cannot ask for information without putting forward evidence to support suspicions.
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NewsMoJ makes late U-turn on how to extend fixed costs
Government has changed its mind about introducing a separate ‘intermediate track’.
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NewsClaimant who dropped case at trial should be hit for costs, CoA hears
Defendant pleads for 'shield' of QOCS protection to be taken away from claimant.
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NewsCrime contract holders to form their own representative body
Criminal Legal Aid Contractors Association would comprise firm owners with their own seat at the negotiating table.
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NewsTrade union for legal aid lawyers: counsel instructed
Practitioner group says revised offer to criminal bar colleagues shows industrial action is the only way to secure a better deal.
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NewsLawyers charging £800 an hour told to revise costs budget
Claimant urged to look at delegating tasks to junior lawyers or members of the bar.
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NewsCPRC to give ‘early notice’ of fixed costs rules
Changes will see fixed recoverable costs extended to nearly all money claims worth up to £100,000.
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NewsSociety calls on government to act in Belsner fall-out
More needs to be done to underpin funding arrangements, says solicitor representative body.
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NewsLosing litigant in mixed claim avoids immediate costs order
Court rules on contested interpretation of the word ‘proceedings’.
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OpinionBelsner has no winners: the court sees the whole thing as grubby
The costs recovery industry may be dead, but the PI sector should be braced for rule changes too.
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NewsBelsner may have killed off costs challenges for good, says expert
Court of Appeal issues warning to checkmylegalfees.com over trivial costs claims.