All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 65
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NewsTories urged not to forget personal injury shakeup in new government
Lawyers turn to reform agenda even while election results still being digested.
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NewsPressure mounts on third-party funders to reveal identity
US lobby group calls for disclosure after decisions in RBS litigation.
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OpinionMore costs reform? Just what lawyers don't need
Introduction of the new electronic bill of costs is unlikely to run smoothly.
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NewsInsurer claims to have key to persuading lawyers to use DBAs
New funding arrangement sees law firms limiting their risk exposure when offering damages based agreements.
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NewsElectronic bill of costs compulsory from October
Pilot successful enough to persuade rule committee to proceed with new format - but questions remain over testing of bill.
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NewsCourt of Appeal backs claimants over post-legal aid CFA
Firm has not applied for a notice of discharge 'burial certificate'.
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NewsChamperty: Irish court deals a blow to third-party funders
Litigation funding remains both a civil and criminal offence, Supreme Court rules.
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FeatureCases shaping costs budgeting
On 1 April 2013, the 64th update to the Civil Procedure Rules came into force and brought with it the requirement for budgets to be filed and served in all multi-track claims (initially with the exception of those in the Commercial/Admiralty Courts but subsequently extended to those courts) issued on ...
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NewsJackson wary of fixed costs for clin neg cases over £25k
Leading judge still committed to principle of fixed costs regime four years after his landmark reforms.
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OpinionCosts budgeting: an invitation to play the system?
Kennedys was caught out for submitting an under-estimate, but plenty more do the same.
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NewsLabour tweaks legal aid commitment in election manifesto
Opposition party appears to have revisited justice pledges after draft version was leaked five days ago.
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NewsJudges warn fixed costs will drive expert witnesses away
Civil Justice Council calls for greater flexibility on how experts are paid.
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NewsJudge slams defendant firm Kennedys over costs budgeting 'games'
High Court rejects defendant’s estimate of claimant costs as judge says it was useless.
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New litigation funder targets £100k-plus claims
A new player has entered the litigation funding market with access to capital of up to £10m to invest in small and medium-sized commercial claims, the Gazette can reveal. Invicta Capital Funding, which launched in April, said it will fund claims worth a minimum of £100,000 in damages, and will ...
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OpinionA boost for arbitration funding
France has become the latest jurisdiction to approve third-party funding.
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NewsBBC's fury at £900k pre-action legal costs of Sir Cliff Richard
Singer bringing legal proceedings after coverage of police raid on his home in 2014.
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OpinionWhy does it take Paterson for media to see fixed fee folly?
Thousands of people face injustice if costs are set prohibitively low: it’s a shame the papers haven’t noticed until now.
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NewsDoH 'like a criminal dictating his sentence' over fixed costs
Claimant lawyers pour scorn on government proposals to restrict fees for clinical negligence cases - as Law Society warns that the vulnerable must be able to get the advice they need.
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NewsJudge queries High Court trial at 'substantial cost' to public
Claim was never worth more than £80,000 but required a three-week jury trial.
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'Stressful' uncertainty over legal aid cuts will continue until June
Practitioner group says government response to graduated fee scheme consultations are on hold.