All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 71
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News
MPs call for 'substantial' cut in employment tribunal fees
Justice committee also wants recent increase in divorce fee petitions rescinded.
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Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: Costs in Family Proceedings
The first book to cover comprehensively every costs issue that a family lawyer is ever likely to come across.
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Proportionality hits Brian May’s costs claim in neighbour dispute
A costs claim brought by the musician against developer Wavell Group Limited is limited to 20% of the amount sought.
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Neuberger warns of conflict risks posed by ABSs and conditional fees
Legal business investors often have ‘no interest’ in a lawyer’s ethical duties, Supreme Court president says.
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Party hit with costs order over incorrect page references
High Court judge says any sensible pre-reading was ‘derailed’ by the inaccurate pagination in the party’s bundles.
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'Your solicitor rips you off' – CMC told to pull provocative ad
Advertising Standards Authority upholds complaint from solicitor.
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Olswang tight-lipped as two law firms reveal BHS fees
International firm says legal privilege and client confidentiality prevent it from giving details.
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Opinion
Costs: a harsh lesson on proportionality
The slashing of a successful claimant’s costs casts some light on the new rule.
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News
‘Reasonable’ costs bill halved under proportionality test
Senior costs judge had originally set costs at £167,389 after a privacy action against the Mirror Group settled for £20,000.
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Employment tribunal cases withdrawn over ‘off-putting’ fees
Claimants are required to pay separate fees to issue their claim and have it heard.
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‘Deadline slips’ for clinical negligence fixed fees
Personal injury lawyers welcome apparent acknowledgement that 1 October start date is not achievable.
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Court rules on QOCS protection in appeals
High Court judgment clears up area of confusion over costs protection in personal injury.
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Slaughter allowed to keep £2m costs in liquidation case
The Court of Appeal rules that legal fees agreed by an adminstrator cannot not be challenged by liquidators of the company.
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PC fee represents ‘poor value’ – LSB report
Research shows lack of awareness of what practising certificate fee pays for.
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Opinion
How fixed costs are looking
The more things develop, the more one gets the sense that the reality is going to be less radical than first feared.
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News
Dispute over £4,000 repair bill racks up £300,000 in costs
‘Disproportionate’ a ‘wholly inadequate’ adjective to describe costs incurred in dispute, judge says.
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Briggs LJ: online court limit ‘may have to start at £10k’
Civil courts reformer appears at London policy event with Jackson LJ, who is standing firm on fixed costs.
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No more costs reform without evidence, lawyers urge
Fixed costs should not be extended until we know what impact reforms such as budgeting have had so far, ACL conference hears.
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New-style bill of costs ‘fails’ to deliver benefits
New spreadsheet-based bill was used by claimants in a case which settled last month.
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CFAs ‘validly assigned’, judge rules
Judgment will be welcomed by firms that bought up thousands of pre-Jackson cases.