All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 47
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NewsDisparity warning as solicitors react to prosecution fee increase
New money 'does nothing to assist the publicly funded defence system which has been cut to the bone'.
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News'Fair and affordable' fees announced for prosecution advocates
CPS says revised rates address concerns such as remuneration for unused material.
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NewsClaimant’s £400k car hire bill a 'stark warning' to reckless providers
Defendant lawyers say courts are going to take a tough stance on credit hire costs being stacked up.
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NewsLitigation funder bags former lord chief justice for grant scheme
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd joins advisory committee for Therium's not-for-profit arm.
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NewsSolicitor’s £150k costs plea ‘nothing more than a cri de coeur’
Interim costs request was included as part of one paragraph of witness statement.
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NewsClaimant denied QOCS protection after part 36 defeat on ‘mixed claim’
Court of Appeal makes clear that claimant who wrongly rejected settlement offer should suffer consequences.
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NewsMedical charity condemns ‘fixed costs at all costs’ approach
AvMA warns that specialist solicitors will vacate clinical negligence market for lower value claims.
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NewsClaimant and defendant sides fail to agree clin neg fixed costs levels
Working group spends 18 months looking at fixed costs issue, but finds limited common ground.
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NewsMove towards ‘workable’ DBA regime through redrafted rules
Hybrid agreements and DBAs for defendants on the agenda for new regulations.
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NewsCounsel fee not fixed for claim which left protocol
Court rules that costs officer was right to consider counsel’s advice fee as a disbursement.
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OpinionStrength in numbers for collective redress
Big group actions could prove a lucrative new area for claimant lawyers and funders.
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DJ wrong to recuse himself on barrister's fees
Solicitors also criticised for seeking opinion of retired district judge to help their case.
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NewsHigh Court judge allows £786 hourly fees but calls for rate review
Judge says current guideline rates going back to 2010 are ‘not helpful’.
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FeatureMuddying the waters
Burford Capital’s high-profile run-in with a short-seller has put litigation funders – and their suitability for listing – in the spotlight. Rachel Rothwell reports
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NewsJackson: DBA regulation could be on the brink of change
Architect of the civil costs regime says he is ‘cautiously optimistic’ that the MoJ will accept proposed reforms.
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NewsMental health trusts spent £4m on representation at inquests
Foundation says Legal Aid Agency paid £117,968 to bereaved families of relatives in contact with mental health services.
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NewsZero interest: capped costs pilot flops
Scheme applies to cases valued up to £250,000 going through business and property courts. But as yet there are no takers.
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NewsSolicitors facing hefty losses on Thomas Cook sickness claims
Claimants also face long wait to see if they will recover any compensation from liquidation.
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NewsProportionality costs boost for flight delay firms
Ruling could see end to district judges slashing costs without giving an explanation.
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NewsCPS commits to annual review of bar fees
Chair of the Criminal Bar Association: ‘we have never had anything like this or approaching this before’.