All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 80
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News
Noise-induced hearing loss a disease, High Court rules
Judge rejects ‘opportunistic attempt’ to reduce solicitors' success fees.
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News
Judge slashes ‘wholly unreliable’ costs budget by £5.3m
Firm heavily criticised after one of the biggest budget cuts made since Jackson reforms.
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Opinion
Court levy smuggled through back door
The government has initiated ‘enhanced fees’ with uncharacteristic speed.
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News
Solicitor loses £21k negligence strike-out appeal
Court punishes ‘deliberate’ non-compliance and rejects pleas of opportunism.
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News
Court fee increase imminent as levy clears parliament
Minister says those who use the court should contribute more to its running costs.
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News
Family court hammers firm in compliance crackdown
Judge makes wasted costs order against Barrett & Thomson for failing to keep court informed.
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News
Courts system will ‘cease to function’ under costs budgeting
Master David Cook says problems since Jackson reforms are more than simply ‘bedding in’.
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News
Court fee hike set for next week
Parliamentary approval likely to be granted in the House of Lords before implementation.
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Opinion
Money talks on LASPO exemption
The government is willing to listen to reasoned arguments – it just depends who’s making them.
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News
Munby turns his guns on excess bundles
Judge lays down the law after bundle with 591 pages submitted by party in family court.
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News
MoJ makes U-turn on LASPO insolvency exemption
Government retains exemption for creditors making claims against insolvent companies.
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News
Claimant who missed hearing escapes sanctions
Mr Justice Sweeney said case management decisions are ‘not lightly to be interfered with’.
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Opinion
A judicial eye on bundles
Efforts to reduce the cost of trial bundles are impressing the bench.
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Feature
Costs-shifting and the Year of the Sheep
How qualified one-way costs shifting will prompt more costs orders against solicitors.
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News
SFO told to pay costs of ‘flawed’ prosecution
Costs bill presented by wrongly accused group of solicitors is expected to be around £7m.
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News
CFA regime ‘vital after legal aid abolition’
Law Society and Ministry of Justice both argue against defendant’s claim of human rights violation in Coventry case.
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News
Defendants slam ‘grotesque’ costs regime
Long-awaited case begins with defendant arguing recoverability of insurance and fees was unlawful.
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News
Interveners named as stage set for crucial Coventry case
Judges will decide whether the pre-Jackson costs regime was lawful.
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Law Report
Mental capacity
The defendant disputed the costs that related to the period when the claimant had been acting through a deputy appointed on her behalf.