All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 29
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News
MoJ under pressure to widen scope of divorce reform
Baroness Deech says 'miserable' part of divorce law will remain after no-fault system comes into force next month.
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News focus: North-west firm hails landmark SC victory on fee recovery
Supreme Court decision to uphold law firm’s appeal in fight to recover costs from airline flight compensation hailed as victory for innovation and boost for access to justice.
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Firm to take champerty case to Supreme Court
Candey says assignments of claims to solicitors should be permitted to ‘ensure access to justice’.
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Opinion
A lesson from Bott v Ryanair? People just want a lawyer
Ryanair and the RTA Portal were supposed to make firms go away. It hasn’t worked.
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Bott & Co: Ryanair ruling allows law to ‘catch up’
Parties have their say following majority ruling of the Supreme Court in client capture case.
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'Being eligible is one thing': means test reform raises concern
Law Society welcomes measures to widen scope of legal aid but worries people may not be able to find a publicly funded solicitor.
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Supreme Court backs solicitors over right to recover costs
Majority verdict in favour of Bott & Co in its client capture dispute with Ryanair
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Legal aid strike action 'totally unwarranted' now - Raab
Lord chancellor hopes Criminal Bar Association adopts 'more constructive tone' he has heard from other bodies.
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Listed funder bullish despite Covid-19 'disruption'
Litigation Capital Management sees ‘strong and increased demand for our capital’.
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Extra £135m legal aid cash welcomed but threat of action remains
Law Society and Bar Council welcome announcement but Criminal Bar Association says recommended increase is insufficient.
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Supreme Court to rule on bypassing solicitors' fees
Ryanair changed approach in 2016 to pay flight delay compensation directly to passengers.
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Raab pledges to plough £135m into criminal legal aid
Ministers 'accept' central recommendation of independent review but insist they need to consult for 12 weeks.
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94% in favour: bar prepares for action over legal aid reform
Barristers vote in favour of 'no returns' as government prepares to publish its response to independent review.
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Court of Appeal declines to ‘develop’ common law of champerty
Law firm asked the court to ‘remove the medieval shackles of champerty from legitimate solicitor-client agreements’.
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Ballot on legal aid action reaches final hours
Results could be revealed shortly before government announces whether Sir Christopher Bellamy's recommendations will be implemented.
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Opinion
As fixed costs expand we need answers
With fixed costs due to be extended into most straightforward civil claims worth up to £100,000, and into clin neg claims worth up to £25,000, the CoA’s ruling in Belsner will be even more important.
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Criminal legal aid spend slow due to 'unclaimed' cash
Government announced £51m package of accelerated measures but has only spent £10m.
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HMCTS to switch off 'old' divorce portal on 31 March
New system introducing 'no-fault' provisions under Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act will begin on 6 April.
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MPs sound alarm over MoJ's 'meagre ambition' to reduce court backlog
Public accounts committee unconvinced government will recruit enough judges to bring outstanding caseload down to 53,000 by 2025.