All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 21
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NewsCivil legal aid review in the pipeline, agency reveals
Practitioner group warns that more providers will quit while government carries out 'another long, drawn-out process'.
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NewsSociety edges closer to nuclear option on legal aid
Chancery Lane demands government announce a 15% fee uplift for solicitors as barristers prepare to vote on £54m offer.
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NewsBelsner: Lawyers await ‘costs case of the decade’ ruling
Belsner v CAM Legal Services Ltd will be heard in the Court of Appeal this week.
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NewsLaw Society mulls nuclear option on criminal legal aid
Chancery Lane may advise solicitors not to undertake defence work unless they get parity with bar.
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NewsGovernment makes revised offer to end bar strike
Criminal Bar Association will ballot members on whether to accept new deal over legal aid funding - but is unimpressed with 'premature' Ministry of Justice press release.
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NewsCourt refuses assessment costs cap despite 'odd' initial bill
Defendants had argued that initial bill of £83,000 had been 'grossly exaggerated'.
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NewsLabour conference: Society renews legal aid plea
Law Society vice-president Lubna Shuja says solicitors are the silent backbone of the justice system and economy.
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NewsLabour pledges to introduce 'Hillsborough Law'
Solicitor who acted for families during the Hillsborough inquests says legislation would end 'David v Goliath' type battles.
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NewsKwarteng announces permanent stamp duty cut
Chancellor of the exchequer says measure will get the housing market moving again.
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NewsGreene faces wait for SDT decision
Former Law Society president did not give ‘inaccurate [or] misleading’ evidence, SDT told.
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NewsFirm loses costs bid after ‘benefitting’ from claimant’s unreasonable conduct
Offshore firm had tried to recover costs of defending misguided employment tribunal claim.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency could be sued over duty solicitor omissions
Several firms losing out on work due to 'administrative' issues have instructed a prominent firm to challenge rejections.
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NewsDemonstrations paused after 'constructive' meeting with Lewis
Meeting between bar chiefs and Brandon Lewis CBE MP could prove significant turning point in long-running action over legal aid funding.
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NewsListed funder posts 17% drop in pre-tax profits
Litigation Capital Management says market conditions leave it ‘exceptionally well placed for the year ahead’.
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NewsFirms must deduct 50% from damages to survive fixed costs extension
Costs expert predicts more disputes if firms need to make up shortfall from client damages.
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NewsDuty solicitor scheme 'close to collapse', lord chancellor told
Practitioner group outlines solicitors' concerns in open letter to Brandon Lewis CBE MP.
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NewsCourt denies claimant chance to recover deductions made by PI firm
Judge finds that signed authority was given and fees claim was made too late.
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OpinionWill budgeting survive latest costs review?
Things never stay still for long in the world of costs.
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NewsCriminal bar demonstrations cancelled - but strike continues
Public gatherings called off this week out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II as leader of the Criminal Bar Association prepares to meet new lord chancellor.
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NewsNew justice secretary agrees to meet criminal bar
Criminal Bar Association chief Kirsty Brimelow QC hopes 'introductory' meeting will pave the way for negotiations to open.