All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 12
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NewsCouncil and legal advice service clash over proposed rent rise of 562,000%
Council says Waterloo Action Centre, which pays a peppercorn rent, is ineligible for further cash until it signs a new lease.
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OpinionIs BTE the ‘magic money tree’ justice needs?
The benefits of before-the-event insurance are clear.
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NewsCriminal bar in crisis: one in three intends to quit
Half of respondents to CBA survey work over 60 hours a week and overwhelming majority spend weekends preparing cases.
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NewsCFA can apply retrospectively, Court of Appeal rules
Lord Justice Coulson states that agreement does not need to set out specifically that it applies in retrospect.
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NewsFunding regulation fails to reflect ‘commercial realities’
Class representatives respond to Civil Justice Council review of litigation funding saying urgent reforms are needed.
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NewsFines imposed on SQE provider will fund disadvantaged candidates
SQE Access and Reinvestment Fund pump-primed by £360,000 of 'financial penalties' paid by Kaplan since exam was introduced.
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NewsRenewed calls for urgent action on PACCAR ruling
Lawyers, funders and academics call for urgent legislation in submissions to Civil Justice Council review of litigation funding.
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News‘Fake Satoshi’ hit with costs bill over AI evidence
Court also agrees to general civil restraint order against bitcoin entrepreneur Dr Craig Wright.
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NewsLAA pays out £21m on 7,000 'inactive' cases
Legal Aid Agency could commence process to recoup cash if providers fail to submit a final bill.
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NewsBenchmarking survey: Law firms warned to ‘wean themselves off’ client interest as PEP soars
'Real prospect' of firms failing if they remain dependent on windfalls which averaged nearly £500,000 each in 2024.
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NewsSolicitor admonished for branding obsessed LiP a 'sociopath'
Litigant said solicitor had hatched a plan to deprive him of his estate and mislead court.
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NewsSRA awarded £20,000 costs in ‘doomed to fail’ employment claim
Decision follows dismissal of solicitor's claim of age, race and disability discrimination.
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NewsHigh court orders legal aid firm to pay costs in family case
Judge found the firm was ‘negligent’ and failed in its core duties in preparing case.
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NewsHigh-profile costs lawyer will bow out ‘ashamed’ of ‘greedy’ City elite
Jim Diamond says hourly rates charged by City’s richest law firms have reached £1,600.
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NewsHigh Court raps London firm claiming £1,089 an hour for Grade A lawyers
Judge notes that claimed charges are ‘substantially in excess’ of guideline hourly rates.
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NewsJustice spending 'set to be no higher than it was in early 2000s'
Day-to-day justice spending in 2025-26 will be 16% lower in per-person terms than it was two decades ago.
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NewsCourt interpreter pay could rise under new MoJ contract
Minister says Consumer Price Index will be applied to the new language services contract on an annual basis.
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NewsDBAs ruled unenforceable in high-value probate dispute
In Reeves v Frain and McKinnon, Costs Judge Brown found the DBAs did not meet requirements under the Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013.
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NewsCourt orders £750,000 payment to fund wife’s divorce costs
Judge says solicitor and client cannot be ‘beholden’ to each other by significant debt.
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NewsSolicitors Act ‘a relic’, says Court of Appeal judge
Court of Appeal’s costs expert says Solicitors Act needs replacing to adapt to modern litigation.