All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 56
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News
Jackson reveals his one regret on eve of retirement
Departing judge says his warnings about legal aid provision were not heeded.
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Opinion
Losing the plot on fees
Developers’ lawyers are getting away with extortionate engrossment fees which are at odds with rules justifying charges to clients.
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News
Court of Appeal backs closure of firm over £2.9m bill
Judge says decision to intervene was not disproportionate or irrational.
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News
Claimant wins costs protection after CoA decides when rules apply
Unsuccessful litigant faced adverse costs orders for parties added to claim after 2013.
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News
Green light for Hawking's NHS judicial review
Judge says case is of sufficient public interest to require a limit on costs liability.
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Opinion
Covering the cost of legal aid deficiencies
Access to justice concerns often centre around the most vulnerable, but we should not forget about the 'just about managing' families.
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News
Mother faces £20,000 costs bill despite successfully challenging care order
Court of Appeal says local authorities cannot make up for legal aid funding deficiencies.
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News
UKIP hit with third-party costs bill in libel case
Exceptional ruling reflects the impact of ’deliberate and calculated’ decisions, says Mr Justice Warby.
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Feature
Budana’s lesson: check the paperwork
Colin Campbell discusses the lesson to be learned from Budana v The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2017] 6 costs LR 113.
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Law Report
Costs
An appeal raised the issue of whether a litigant in person could recover costs for work undertaken by a foreign lawyer.
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Opinion
Aiming at the wrong target
Instead of seeking to deny redress to victims of NHS blunders, politicians ought to focus on how medics can be helped to make fewer mistakes
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News
Court rules 90% Part 36 offer was genuine attempt to settle
Judge grants costs benefits to claimant who had offered to settle case before it went to trial.
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News
Appeal court: £70m negligence claim against Mayfair law firm blocked by settlement agreement
Mayfair firm had signed a tripartite deal preventing any future claims.
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News
Insurers bound by protocol to pay solicitors costs, Supreme Court hears
Law Society intervenes in crucial case to argue that principle of equitable intervention can apply.
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News
Insurer 'deliberately deceived' solicitors over third party capture, Supreme Court hears
Conduct described as ‘astonishing’ by one of the creators of the pre-action protocol for resolving claims.
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Opinion
PI firms are being hoist by their own petard
The arguments are the same, but from different voices. Why should clients not challenge costs deductions?
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News
Government to look at clin neg damages as part of costs review
Minister sets deadline for responding to National Audit Office call for claims costs to be addressed.
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News
Court rules client can see files in latest costs challenge
Judgment comes after firm charged £250 an hour for work on a claim where liability was not disputed.