All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 28
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News
Former clients hit with indemnity costs for ‘hopeless’ appeal
Court of Appeal awards London firms Hassan Khan & Co and The Khan Partnership indemnity costs.
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HS2 protestor held in contempt told he must face costs penalty
Court of Appeal rules out placing repeat offender in a ‘special category’ because he was protesting.
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Study reveals misunderstandings over early disclosure scheme
Research suggests greater pre-charge engagement could divert many cases away from trial and reduce court backlog.
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Judge blasts ‘wasteful’ lawyers who filed 6,000-page bundles
Mr Justice Andrew Baker laments a ‘failure’ to focus on what was sensibly required to do justice.
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Means test timetable 'could be brought forward' due to inflation
Ministry of Justice chief says income and capital thresholds could be reviewed sooner but annual uprating unlikely.
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Litigation funder sets aside £6m for client redress
Novitas Loans, a subsidiary of merchant banking group Close Brothers, announced last year it would stop all new lending to legal services customers.
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Opinion
Jeremy Hunt’s handy sword of Damocles
Proposals by chair of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee represent an overhaul of the way compensation is awarded when injury is caused by the NHS.
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'We will sue the pants off them': outrage over LAA announcement
Several practitioners worried they will lose out on much-needed work when new crime contracts commence.
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Solicitors lose appeal over £2m invoice charged through DBA
Court dismisses firm’s appeal after it claimed a right to client’s shares preserved in litigation.
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Film scheme negligence case could yet reach Court of Appeal
Andrew Thornhill QC fought off a professional negligence case in March.
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Slater and Gordon ordered to answer secret commissions allegations
Comprehensive victory for checkmylegalfees will ensure claims from former PI clients can continue.
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Costs bill struck out after it failed to give fee earner details
Judges agree that ‘opaque’ bill could not explain which solicitor carried out which bit of work.
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Fixed costs extension earmarked for April 2023
Ministry of Justice now looking at possible uplift where a party or witness is vulnerable.
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BT collective proceedings to remain ‘opt-out’ claim
Court of Appeal dismisses telecoms giant’s appeal over second-ever CPO.
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Criminal bar chief hails 'extraordinary' commitment to legal aid action
Jo Sidhu QC says 'no returns' is causing widespread disruption and time is not on the government's side.
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LiP loses costs challenge over 'no longer instructed' barrister
Judge finds no evidence that direct-access barrister was not authorised to agree draft orders.
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‘Tommy Robinson’ faces contempt proceedings
English Defence League founder failed to attend court for debtor questioning in March.
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Getting £135m for criminal legal aid not easy, says minister
James Cartlidge MP insists at Law Society webinar that practitioners will get a 15% uplift in most fees.
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'Loss-making' rates behind decline in community care work
Firms tell social care charity they are reluctant to take on cases because the work is financially unviable.
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London defence solicitors demand 25% fee increase
Practitioner group revises what it is willing to accept from government after members say 15% uplift isn't enough.