All Litigation articles – Page 39
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Opinion
When legal fees outweigh damages
Proper budgeting would be a better solution than more fixed fees for claimants.
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News
Leading judge tells expert witnesses to find 'common ground'
Supreme Court justice Lord Hughes says courts are under time and cost pressures.
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News
Judge gives ‘opportunistic’ litigants costs warning
Mr Justice Fraser said both parties ‘determined to fight bitterly over every possible inch of ground’.
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Feature
When loans become assets to freeze
The effect of a recent judgment on freezing orders is far-reaching for clients and lawyers.
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Opinion
Are lawyers colluding on fees?
Judges have highlighted a ‘conspiracy’ on lawyers’ fees in budgets.
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News
Mishcons loses sanctions appeal after DLA’s late notice
Judge says relief from sanctions preferable to further satellite litigation.
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News
Compensation culture? Test more claims in court, says Dyson
Master of the rolls calls for fixed costs to encourage defences against unfair cases.
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News
Rise of LiPs not causing delays, says courts chief
HM Courts & Tribunals Service CEO says court documents should change to help litigants in person.
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Opinion
A little help for smaller business clients
To their credit, judges are focusing on SMEs. But the government is not.
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News
High Court rules ‘offer to settle’ was not a Part 36
Defendants had argued against costs order based on letter to claimants.
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News
High Court scheme brings in one-year litigation target
Judges also want more flexibility in how parties approach commercial litigation.
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Opinion
Losing faith in the courts service
Our county courts are not fit for purpose. Solicitors need to speak up.
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News
Lobby group calls for regulation of third-party litigation funding
The Justice Not Profit campaign, backed by the US Chamber of Commerce, says the industry has ‘outgrown self-regulation’.
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Opinion
Retired litigator’s harsh lessons
Money will always trump justice, fairness and even common sense. Our legal system is no longer the envy of the world.
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Opinion
Will budgeting changes make any difference?
Reform of the budgeting rules is on the way, but not a full-scale remodelling.
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News
Test scheme to cut commercial litigation to a year
Shorter trials pilot will operate from 1 October and can apply to all claims issued in Rolls Building courts.
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News
Number of barristers conducting litigation growing
But the 214 barristers authorised to conduct litigation since January 2014 is still lower figure than expected, bar regulator says.
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News
Firms referred over Sonae group litigation
Court hears of forged signatures, pop-up shops and cold calling in unsuccessful PI claims after Merseyside fire.