All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 66
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SRA preparing rules on forcing law firms to publish prices
Competition watchdog has said the legal sector must be compelled to be more transparent.
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City warns of ‘perverse’ effects of extending fixed costs
Committee sets out opposition to extending the scheme as Jackson’s call for evidence nears end.
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Opinion
Big questions on fixed costs for civil litigators
Lawyers must accept the fixed fees concept and focus their energy on assisting the costs review – it could help them stay in business.
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Jackson hears from claimants over fixed costs
Meetings with claimants and defendants open review of fixed recoverable costs.
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Opinion
Environmental costs rules under attack
The ability to bring environmental cases is an essential ingredient of any democratic society. Efforts to undermine this offend the rule of law.
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CPS staff ‘working hard to keep sinking ship afloat’
MPs will discuss concerns about funding of the Crown Prosecution Service in a debate tabled by former shadow attorney general Karl Turner.
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Barristers and solicitors at odds over advocacy fee reform
Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association highlights concerns while Criminal Bar Association seeks to clear up misconceptions.
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Employers cough up £83k under tribunal penalty regime
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued 60 notices since April 2016.
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Opinion
The cash is flowing into litigation
Funding industry's overall direction of travel is clear.
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Unreasonable defendant must face costs consequences
High Court sends another warning message to parties who 'litigate mendaciously'.
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BTE extension under review with backing from top judge
Sir Terence Etherton says before-the-event insurance could become the main source of litigation funding.
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NHSLA faces new probe into £1.5bn clin neg costs
National Audit Office begins study into the costs of managing clinical negligence claims against the NHS in England.
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Court fee refunds for settled cases to be scrapped
Solicitor says move is ’wholly at odds’ with encouraging parties to settle.
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Opinion
The high street solicitor can survive - I know, I used one
Tradition is almost a dirty word among the people urging firms to modernise. But it could be the high street’s saviour.
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CMA report: firms must publish price information
Competition and Markets Authority publishes final report after a year-long study of legal services market.
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Profession reacts: 'Astonishing' that CMA downgrades consumer protection - Law Society
Bourns says deregulatory changes would undermine consumer protections and erode trust.
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Train youth justice lawyers and pay them more – landmark report
Quality of legal representation in Youth Court often ‘very poor’, says government-commissioned report, partly because criminal lawyers appearing there are badly paid.
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Liz Truss gives hope of imminent LASPO review
Justice secretary tells parliament a timetable for the review of legal aid reforms will be announced shortly.
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Defendant firm hails ‘significant’ fundamental dishonesty victory
CoA judgment opens way for insurers to use the defence to avoid court costs.
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Opinion
Costs not realistic
Family lawyers need to ‘get real’ before they price themselves out of the market.