All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 79
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Opinion
Jackson is out of touch
It never ceases to amaze me how manifestly out of touch some of the judiciary seem to be.
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Opinion
Two cheers for Sir Rupert
The inception of costs management was botched, but there are grounds for optimism.
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Opinion
Are fixed costs about to move beyond PI?
Momentum is building for fixed costs outside personal injury. Get ready.
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News
Professional negligence warning over costs budgeting
Survey shows only one in 10 commercial litigators made an application to revise agreed costs budget upwards.
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News
Slater and Gordon chief: Quindell will be ‘separate entity’
Ministry of Justice head of claims management regulation also confirms next government will make reforms of hearing loss cases a priority.
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Opinion
Jackson’s escape route comes at a heavy cost
Costs management reforms are far from perfect, but watering them down is surely the worst solution.
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News
Jackson: costs management is here to stay
Leading judge says hostility to his reforms is reducing, but recommends some judicial discretion.
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Opinion
Courts confused on CFAs
Errors in conditional fee agreements have been met with a conflicting approach from the courts.
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News
Email error sees £1.6m claim struck out in High Court
Last-minute mistake was ‘culmination’ of continuing breaches of court orders.
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News
Costs judge warns on budgeting delays
‘Ask the court to waive costs budgeting if it causes injustice,’ Master David Cook tells personal injury lawyers.
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News
Conveyancing fees outpaced by estate agent charges
Legal fees associated with moving home have risen in the past decade – but costs of other services have increased much faster.
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News
See you in court: CPS hauled before magistrates
Crown Prosecution Service was ordered to pay £3,600 costs in September 2014.
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News
Dyson shelves guideline hourly rates reform
Master of the rolls had previously described an evidence-based revision of the rates as ‘urgent’.
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Feature
Pricing: getting it right
Richard Susskind thinks lawyers are wrong on pricing. But firms should be encouraged to understand and tackle modern challenges on more than one front.
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News
Lib Dems open to reversing court fees hike
Party’s manifesto pledges immediate review of keynote legal reforms made by coalition government.
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News
'Uncertainty' over second 8.75% legal aid fee cut
Practitioner group seeking answers from Legal Aid Agency over proposed fee cuts for criminal work.
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News
Grayling promises to keep court fees increase ‘under review’
Lord chancellor writes to master of the rolls saying fee remission scheme will be looked at.
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News
Litigation funder expects windfall from £136m ‘pre-Jackson bulge’
Chief executive of Burford Capital says UK lawyers are not grasping opportunities.
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Opinion
Budgeting blues in clin neg
Agreeing budgets in clinical negligence is rarer than a sighting of Bigfoot.