All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 14
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NewsLAA 'wasted £400k' due to immigration legal aid cuts
Briefing paper highlights missing data needed to assess whether legal aid reforms have delivered better value for money.
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NewsInsurers hail ruling that credit hire company was the 'real instigator' of claim
Judge finds that credit hire organisation should be on the hook in unsuccessful claims.
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NewsSpeed up means test reforms, new government urged
Updated research suggests people living significantly below Minimum Income Standard will have to contribute towards legal costs.
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NewsCLC ramps up 'polluter pays' model for ombudsman costs
Chief executive says firms with disproportionate number of complaints should pay more in levy contributions.
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NewsFirm fined £10,700 for over-charging from damages
Firm charged 35% on at least 26 client files when DBA regulations limit deductions to 25%.
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NewsLegal fees add up to £43m in Nigeria arbitration appeal
Court of Appeal granted Process & Industrial Developments Limited permission to appeal High Court ruling - but dismisses it in a short judgment.
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News‘Absurd’ £208m claimant costs budget slashed by three quarters
Judges attack ‘eye-watering’ budget in runup to £6bn 'dieselgate' group claim.
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NewsFreezing order over bitcoin libel claim ‘founded on a lie’
Defamation claim 'should never have been threatened, commenced or pursued', judge rules.
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NewsFamily legal aid data prompts fresh mediation warning
Solicitor says not all firms are aware of new rules enabling judges to impose costs orders on parties who shun ADR.
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NewsCosts judge 'baffled' why retainer disputes still going to court
Court was asked to rule whether 26 disputes invoices should be subject to detailed assessment.
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NewsSRA revises fines regime in anticipation of unlimited powers
Two new bands for serious misconduct will make financial penalties framework 'fit for purpose'.
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NewsLaw Society calls on SRA to evidence huge rise in compensation fund levy
Individual contributions will jump by £60 while £660 levy on firms will rise to £2,220 under SRA proposals.
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NewsSRA liable for £189,000 costs after ignoring its own AML guidance
Tribunal rebuffs regulator's attempt to penalise international firm Dentons after unsuccessful prosecution.
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NewsCourt throws out challenge to 60% damages deduction
High Court dismisses ex-client’s appeal and says costs agreement was binding.
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NewsFirm showed a ‘lackadaisical’ approach to breach of contract
County court judge ponders wasted costs order but says firm's behaviour was not improper.
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News£715m costs battle in warm-up to 'Dieselgate' claim
Three-day costs management hearing will alone run up legal bill of £3.65m.
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NewsSolicitor LiP hit with £11,000 costs bill in possession claim
Conduct 'sufficiently far out of the norm and unreasonable' to make indemnity costs order appropriate.
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NewsDuncan Lewis takes government to court over legal aid fees
National firm says thousands of vulnerable individuals are eligible for legal aid but struggling to find a lawyer to represent them.
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NewsCourt orders costs budget in £10m injured child claim
Master expresses 'real apprehension' about the way that costs have escalated in RTA case.