All Civil justice articles – Page 18
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NewsFormer clients hit with indemnity costs for ‘hopeless’ appeal
Court of Appeal awards London firms Hassan Khan & Co and The Khan Partnership indemnity costs.
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NewsAdvice deserts? We have a telephone helpline, says minister
Government responds to concerns about dwindling number of legal aid providers for new social welfare cases.
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NewsMoJ denies new pilot scheme removes right to a trial
Judges will resolve cases without consent of both parties before case progresses to a hearing.
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NewsMeans test timetable 'could be brought forward' due to inflation
Ministry of Justice chief says income and capital thresholds could be reviewed sooner but annual uprating unlikely.
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NewsFixed costs extension earmarked for April 2023
Ministry of Justice now looking at possible uplift where a party or witness is vulnerable.
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NewsDating service latest to breach judgment embargo
Muzmatch may face indemnity costs for ‘serious breach’, judge indicates.
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News‘Several hundred billion’ at stake in bitcoin case
Digital currency exchanges are the latest legal targets of academic claiming to be 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
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NewsExemplary damages ‘never appropriate’ as negotiating strategy
Senior privacy judge clears NHS hospital in claim over breach of newborn infant’s data.
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NewsCharles Russell Speechlys to pay out £1.5m in negligence claim
International firm 'fell short of the standard of care required of a reasonably competent solicitor'.
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NewsLaurence Fox seeks first libel jury trial for a decade
Actor and former mayoral candidate says vindication by jury ‘will be worth all the more’.
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News'Resist prolixity' from lawyers, Vos tells judges
Courts should not ‘reward incompetence' by allowing lawyers to charge for long documents, says master of the rolls.
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News'£33 quadrillion' serial litigant given two-year court ban
Litigant sued arbitrator for ‘more than the total amount of gold ever mined in the world’, court hears.
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NewsCourt of Appeal hears bid to revive £5bn Brazil group claim
More than 200,000 Brazilian citizens are suing mining giant BHP over 2015 collapse of Fundao dam.
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NewsWar in Ukraine delays $4.2bn fraud trial
Ukrainian lender Privatbank’s claim against former owners now likely to be tried in 2023.
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NewsJudge lambasts parties’ animosity in latest ‘Dr Bitcoin’ ruling
Court 'will remain concerned to ensure that these proceedings are not used as a vehicle to air broader issues'.
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NewsFormer Spanish king loses state immunity bid
Former King Juan Carlos I faces High Court harassment claim from his former lover.
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NewsVos: claims costs could be obsolete within 20 years
Master of the rolls looks ahead to a justice system offering automated and almost immediate resolution.
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News'Being eligible is one thing': means test reform raises concern
Law Society welcomes measures to widen scope of legal aid but worries people may not be able to find a publicly funded solicitor.
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NewsBallot on legal aid action reaches final hours
Results could be revealed shortly before government announces whether Sir Christopher Bellamy's recommendations will be implemented.