All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 23
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OpinionTime to end the post-PACCAR chaos
There has never been a better time to be a lawyer who specialises in litigation funding agreements (LFAs).
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NewsNew guideline hourly rates published
Rates rise as high as £546 an hour after master of the rolls accepted need for an increase.
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NewsMoD’s £20m legal costs bill ‘shows system is flawed’
Government says claims are defended robustly but lawyer says this approach extends veterans’ suffering.
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NewsJudge overrules tribunal’s decision to slash SRA costs
Tribunal was in error when it slashed SRA’s claim for £22,800, High Court rules.
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NewsRegulate litigation funding, say 88% of London litigators
Litigation bellwether also reveals that the impact of PACCAR is expected to be minimal - and that firms are not losing work overseas.
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NewsLitigation friend ordered to pay £42,000 for ‘wholly inadequate’ performance
Although the litigation friend had been unwell, this did not ‘adequately excuse or explain his conduct’, judge says.
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NewsNational firm wins costs order over vexatious employment tribunal claim
Judge orders costs of £20,000 to be paid to firm after acknowledging ‘very modest’ solicitor profit costs.
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NewsGuideline hourly rates to rise in 2024, master of rolls confirms
Sir Geoffrey Vos also endorses a more tailored approach to costs budgeting.
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NewsHundreds of ex-clients continue costs fight with Slater and Gordon
Proceedings rumble on but costs judge cites ‘difficulty’ with approach of claims over deductions from personal injury damages.
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NewsDon’t burden victims with disbursement costs, say lawyers
Claimant lawyer group says government is moving to fixed costs at ‘alarming speed’.
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News10% court fee increase to raise £42m a year
Court users should help to reduce the burden on taxpayers, government proposes.
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News'Serious risk' of delay to clin neg fixed costs extension
Procedure rule committee discusses major hurdles ahead of intended start date in April 2024.
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NewsSRA appeals 'astonishing' £5,000 tribunal costs order
Regulator's appeal against SDT costs order is a first, court hears.
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NewsMagic circle firm wins £2m dispute over past and future fees
The firm sued subsidiary companies of its former client over unpaid legal fees totalling more than £2m.
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NewsLegal chiefs urge defence solicitors to keep the faith
Practitioners told legal aid challenge will be heard next month and advisory board will make regular recommendations.
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NewsUpdate clients on cost increases or face sanctions, lawyers warned
Legal ombudsman says clients should never be surprised by the bill they receive.
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NewsIntervenor hit with £20,000 costs for acting unreasonably
Family Division chief sees off ‘chilling effect’ argument to order Association of Clinical Psychologists to pay adverse costs.
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NewsFirm bound by ombudsman-brokered costs deal, court finds
‘Revised’ invoice for an extra £145,000 assessed at nil by costs judge.
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NewsPI claimant beats fixed costs by proving defendant's dishonesty
Case hailed as signal that punitive costs orders not ‘sole preserve’ of defendants.
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