All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 71
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OpinionMaking up the hours
An electronic costs bill is long overdue but reform does not have to mean chaos.
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OpinionJackson’s outstanding legacy
Lord Justice Jackson has made a valuable contribution to changing the litigation costs landscape – and it will continue beyond retirement.
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NewsJackson reveals his one regret on eve of retirement
Departing judge says his warnings about legal aid provision were not heeded.
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OpinionLosing the plot on fees
Developers’ lawyers are getting away with extortionate engrossment fees which are at odds with rules justifying charges to clients.
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NewsCourt of Appeal backs closure of firm over £2.9m bill
Judge says decision to intervene was not disproportionate or irrational.
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NewsClaimant wins costs protection after CoA decides when rules apply
Unsuccessful litigant faced adverse costs orders for parties added to claim after 2013.
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NewsGreen light for Hawking's NHS judicial review
Judge says case is of sufficient public interest to require a limit on costs liability.
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OpinionCovering the cost of legal aid deficiencies
Access to justice concerns often centre around the most vulnerable, but we should not forget about the 'just about managing' families.
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NewsMother faces £20,000 costs bill despite successfully challenging care order
Court of Appeal says local authorities cannot make up for legal aid funding deficiencies.
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NewsUKIP hit with third-party costs bill in libel case
Exceptional ruling reflects the impact of ’deliberate and calculated’ decisions, says Mr Justice Warby.
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FeatureBudana’s lesson: check the paperwork
Colin Campbell discusses the lesson to be learned from Budana v The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2017] 6 costs LR 113.
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Law ReportCosts
An appeal raised the issue of whether a litigant in person could recover costs for work undertaken by a foreign lawyer.
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OpinionAiming at the wrong target
Instead of seeking to deny redress to victims of NHS blunders, politicians ought to focus on how medics can be helped to make fewer mistakes
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NewsCourt rules 90% Part 36 offer was genuine attempt to settle
Judge grants costs benefits to claimant who had offered to settle case before it went to trial.
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NewsAppeal court: £70m negligence claim against Mayfair law firm blocked by settlement agreement
Mayfair firm had signed a tripartite deal preventing any future claims.
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NewsInsurers bound by protocol to pay solicitors costs, Supreme Court hears
Law Society intervenes in crucial case to argue that principle of equitable intervention can apply.
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NewsInsurer 'deliberately deceived' solicitors over third party capture, Supreme Court hears
Conduct described as ‘astonishing’ by one of the creators of the pre-action protocol for resolving claims.
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OpinionPI firms are being hoist by their own petard
The arguments are the same, but from different voices. Why should clients not challenge costs deductions?
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NewsGovernment to look at clin neg damages as part of costs review
Minister sets deadline for responding to National Audit Office call for claims costs to be addressed.