All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 75
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NewsFees shortfall helped create £427m black hole – MoJ chief
Permanent secretary Richard Heaton outlines struggles of meeting spending settlement.
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NewsPI victim gets 100% costs – despite failing with one allegation
'The judge could not properly have deprived the claimant of her costs,’ says Court of Appeal.
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OpinionGove’s MoJ has gone to sleep
The department seems to have gone into hibernation, but solicitors need certainty.
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Opinion‘Strategic litigation’ over stage 1 costs
Court of Appeal to rule on whether claimants should be allowed to keep RTA protocol costs.
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NewsScots voice ‘forum-shopping’ fear over employment claims
The Scottish government is committed to abolishing tribunal fees – a move that could have repercussions for jurisdictional choice.
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NewsCourt lenient over seven-day delay in filing costs budget
Appeal hearing cites Mitchell and Denton as courts grapple with treatment of non-compliance with orders.
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NewsFixed-fee firms offering cheaper service, LSB finds
Oversight regulator wants more firms to publish fees on their websites – and finds big variations in amounts charged.
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FeatureJackson reforms: counting the costs
Three years on, have Jackson LJ’s civil litigation reforms been a success?
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OpinionLet budgeting ‘breathe’
Scorched-earth proposals for fixed recoverable costs are surely premature.
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NewsCourt of Protection plans to shift more costs onto deputies
Lawyers say the proposals could curb ‘wasteful legal actions’ over an incapacitated person’s affairs.
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NewsATE insurers ‘desperate’, claims bullish Burford
Litigation funder posts record profits despite fall in insurance business post-Jackson.
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NewsCourt rejects ombudsman’s ‘perverse’ costs award
But High Court upholds order made against barrister for acting in aggresssive manner to client.
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OpinionIncurred costs are up for grabs
Appeal court clarifies that incurred costs can be attacked at first hearing.
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NewsNHS trust denied costs after settling ‘whole’ claim
High Court rules claimant entitled to full costs up to offer to settle.
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NHSLA warns on costs appeals
The authority last week won a fourth test case against a claimant firm.
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NewsExperiences of online justice raise concerns
Association of Costs Lawyers says more research is needed before pushing on with online courts.
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NewsMinister hints at flexibility over £250k clin neg costs limit
Government 'wants to hear the full range of views about where the limit should be placed'.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell denied £105k costs after pre-Jackson switch
Judge says client should have been advised about potential uplift in damages.
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NewsCJC presses ahead on fixed-costs extension
Advisory body workshop next week will examine issues related to fixed costs across civil ligitation.
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NewsSupreme Court to hear two challenges on access to justice
Employment tribunal fees and legal aid residence test subject of appeals.