All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 87
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NewsCFAs ‘validly assigned’, judge rules
Judgment will be welcomed by firms that bought up thousands of pre-Jackson cases.
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NewsHigh Court allows advocacy fees for case settled on the day
Recorder refused to award fee, saying the case was settled before the final contested hearing had commenced.
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NewsAPIL 2016: no retreat on personal injury reform, says justice minister
Lord Faulks offers few olive branches to PI sector in keynote speech.
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OpinionSome good news for claimant PI lawyers
Jackson LJ may have done something that will meet with approval.
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NewsCrucial privacy costs case heading to Supreme Court
Newspaper argues costs recoverability incompatible with European law.
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NewsJackson: let’s end ‘deadlock’ on new bill of costs
‘We still have a bill of costs that was identified as being seriously deficient many years ago.’
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NewsImmigration case fees hiked by up to 500%
Justice minister Dominic Raab says it is no longer fair that the taxpayer be expected to fund proceedings.
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OpinionBite the bullet and raise the court fees cap
If the courts must generate cash, the £10,000 limit is simply too low.
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NewsDechert fails in final bid for public hearing on £6.6m fee dispute
Global firm wanted the dispute to be heard in public so it could ‘clear its name’ over allegations of overcharging.
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NewsFees shortfall helped create £427m black hole – MoJ chief
Permanent secretary Richard Heaton outlines struggles of meeting spending settlement.
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NewsPI victim gets 100% costs – despite failing with one allegation
'The judge could not properly have deprived the claimant of her costs,’ says Court of Appeal.
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OpinionGove’s MoJ has gone to sleep
The department seems to have gone into hibernation, but solicitors need certainty.
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Opinion‘Strategic litigation’ over stage 1 costs
Court of Appeal to rule on whether claimants should be allowed to keep RTA protocol costs.
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NewsScots voice ‘forum-shopping’ fear over employment claims
The Scottish government is committed to abolishing tribunal fees – a move that could have repercussions for jurisdictional choice.
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NewsCourt lenient over seven-day delay in filing costs budget
Appeal hearing cites Mitchell and Denton as courts grapple with treatment of non-compliance with orders.
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NewsFixed-fee firms offering cheaper service, LSB finds
Oversight regulator wants more firms to publish fees on their websites – and finds big variations in amounts charged.
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OpinionLet budgeting ‘breathe’
Scorched-earth proposals for fixed recoverable costs are surely premature.
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FeatureJackson reforms: counting the costs
Three years on, have Jackson LJ’s civil litigation reforms been a success?
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NewsCourt of Protection plans to shift more costs onto deputies
Lawyers say the proposals could curb ‘wasteful legal actions’ over an incapacitated person’s affairs.
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NewsATE insurers ‘desperate’, claims bullish Burford
Litigation funder posts record profits despite fall in insurance business post-Jackson.