All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 30
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NewsMoJ has 'botched' criminal legal aid response - Society
Chancery Lane withdraws support and says solicitors should consider if they want to continue doing publicly funded work.
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News‘Phone hacking’ litigation continues – for now
High Court refuses News Group Newspapers’ application for ‘final cut-off date’ in litigation.
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NewsComparison sites could ‘shut out’ small firms and BME solicitors – Law Society
Chancery Lane opposes mandatory signposting through digital comparison tools.
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NewsBurford launches new ‘lower risk, lower return’ fund
Listed litigation funder says it has raised $360m (£274m) focused on ‘unmet demand’.
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NewsDevelopment funding secured for Wales law centre
Steering group seeking to identify urgent priority areas and find opportunities for collaboration.
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News'Absolute scandal': HMCTS urged to cut £593 divorce fee
New digital service is expected to be quicker but fee to file an application for a divorce will remain unchanged.
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NewsBarristers to press ahead with legal aid action
CBA members will withdraw goodwill from 11 April unless Ministry of Justice shows 'substantial movement'.
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NewsMoJ 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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NewsNews 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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NewsFirm 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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OpinionA 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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NewsBott & 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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News'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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NewsSupreme 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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NewsLegal 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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NewsListed funder bullish despite Covid-19 'disruption'
Litigation Capital Management sees ‘strong and increased demand for our capital’.
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NewsExtra £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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NewsSupreme Court to rule on bypassing solicitors' fees
Ryanair changed approach in 2016 to pay flight delay compensation directly to passengers.