All Costs, fees and funding articles
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NewsSRA must pay Carter-Ruck partner costs in failed 'SLAPP' case
Practitioner subject to ‘legally flawed’ SRA proceedings is claiming around £1 million from regulator.
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NewsUK Finance drops £50 fee for Mortgage Lenders' Handbook
Law Society commends banking trade body for reacting swiftly to the strength of opposition over annual charge.
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NewsCourt makes triple whammy ruling on key fixed costs disputes
Costs judge rules on the scope, timing and provisions of fixed recoverable costs regime.
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NewsCourt upholds £50,000 ombudsman award to complaining clients
Judge says solicitor was not entitled to court-style disclosure in the ombudsman process.
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NewsHigh volume claims: SRA investigates 72 firms
Warning notice sets out what regulator expects firms to be telling no win, no fee clients.
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NewsClaimant's bid 'to defer the inevitable' in legal fees fails in court
A former client accused by a law firm of a cynical attempt to get out of paying legal bills has lost his attempted High Court challenge. Source: Michael Cross In Biggar v Howard Kennedy costs judge Leonard ruled that claimant Alan Biggar, who faced charges of ...
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NewsCourt of Appeal criticises 'staggering' £44m costs in Nigeria arbitration row
Lord Justice Males suggests 'sampling' approach to assess fraction of the 95,000 items claimed for in long-running litigation.
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News'Impecunious' former Fieldfisher clients must pay £1.5m in fees
International firm was instructed by siblings to provide legal services on a contentious probate claim over an eight-month period.
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NewsMotor injury claims fall to lowest level on record
Latest Compensation Recovery Unit figures suggest any notion of a compensation culture is increasingly outdated.
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NewsSolicitor's failed GDPR case costs him over £500,000
Practitioner ordered to pay costs both to a costs judge and The Transcription Agency.
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NewsCosts slashed and appeal permission refused in Brazil dam claim
Judge acknowleges ‘dedicated work by many lawyers and experts' but describes costs as 'extraordinarily high'.
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NewsUnclaimed £3.7m from class action to fund free legal advice
Access to Justice Foundation establishes new grants programme to redistribute unclaimed damages to frontline advice organisations.
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OpinionSuccess of 'bold' reforms too early to call
The Ministry of Justice predicted that extending fixed recoverable costs would make legal costs ‘more certain and predictable’. So far, it appears the opposite has happened.
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NewsSolicitors’ withdrawal no excuse for missing budget deadline, rules court
Judge says there was no good reason for defendant not being aware of crucial deadline.
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NewsCarter-Ruck partner pursues SRA for £1m over failed ‘SLAPP’ case
Regulator warns that ‘eye-watering’ costs order would have a ‘chilling’ effect on its ability to go after media lawyers.
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NewsLammy hikes JAC chair's pay by 30%
Lord chancellor decides to relaunch recruitment campaign for top post at quango for appointing judges.
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NewsGovernment pressed to rule out fixed costs for housing cases
MoJ has ruled out any change until at least 2028, but should the exemption go further?
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NewsHigh Court dismisses appeal in nil costs assessment
Judge finds ‘no doubt that there is no room for a claim in unjust enrichment’ under conditional fee agreement.
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News'Stubbornly uninterested': MPs lambast MoJ on legal aid
Department should be renamed 'Ministry of Justice (for Certain People)', says Public Accounts Committee chair.