All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 24
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NewsCourt disallows £25,000 claimed for instructing leading counsel
Defendant argued junior counsel was ‘more than qualified’ to conduct trial on her own.
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NewsInflation warning over legal aid reforms
Ministry of Justice publishes response to means test proposals nearly a year after consultation ended.
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NewsBlank pages in evidence caused £40,000 legal aid overpayment
Judge suggests CPS 'evaluate the issue' of uploading print previews of spreadsheets to case system.
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NewsWanted: new DPP on salary of £225,978
Max Hill KC will step down as head of the Crown Prosecution Service in October.
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NewsCity firm to pay client left in the dark about £5m costs bill
Court also finds Reynolds Porter Chamberlain acted in conflict for both client and her lender.
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NewsDisabled woman challenges legal aid guidance
Claimant faced costs dilemma in case against police after backdated welfare benefit payment was treated as capital.
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NewsFormer opponent buys rights to checkmylegalfees.com
Litigation firm’s boss looking forward to being on the 'same side in court'.
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NewsLitigant penalised for being 'rude and abusive' to opponent's firm
Court awards indemnity costs in personal injury case as punishment for the conduct of the defence.
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NewsCosts budgeting works but can be tailored to cases, review finds
Costs review also concludes that guideline hourly rates should be adjusted every year.
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NewsCosts bills based entirely on estimates 'intentionally misleading'
Court rules that firm should be sanctioned after claiming for work that was not carried out.
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NewsClaim falls away after solicitors underpaid court fee by £24
Deadline had been missed after solicitors’ inadvertent error in landlord-tenant dispute.
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NewsJR threat amid clin neg fixed costs confusion
Lawyers demand to meet the Ministry of Justice after it emerges that some clinical negligence claims may be captured by new rules.
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NewsCyber-attack cost conveyancing giant £7m - but the insurers paid up
Goodwill writedown contributes to huge operating loss at Simplify, which was forced to cut new instructions for 10 weeks.
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NewsLegal aid widened but grandparents 'will fall through justice gap'
Ministry of Justice announces £6m to support family and friends applying for special guardianship orders.
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NewsLitigant who called City firm 'scammers' hit with £4,000 costs
Employment claimant penalised for inappropriate conduct and pursuit of hopeless case.
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NewsDraft rules for fixed costs extension are finally published
Government gears up for implementation of the extension to most types of civil claims this October.
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NewsCost of assessing costs is a 'nonsense', says leading judge
Lord Justice Birss says profession has ‘bought into idea’ that costs estimates are always difficult.
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OpinionQOCS: a shift in the balance of power
How the new qualified one-way costs shifting rules will affect litigation dynamics and behaviour will soon become apparent.
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News'Wholly unreasonable': SRA hit with costs bill for 'desultory approach' to disclosure
SDT orders Solicitors Regulation Authority to pay almost £15,000 in wasted costs for multiple disclosure failings in high-profile prosecution.