All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 91
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OpinionCourts confused on CFAs
Errors in conditional fee agreements have been met with a conflicting approach from the courts.
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NewsEmail error sees £1.6m claim struck out in High Court
Last-minute mistake was ‘culmination’ of continuing breaches of court orders.
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NewsCosts judge warns on budgeting delays
‘Ask the court to waive costs budgeting if it causes injustice,’ Master David Cook tells personal injury lawyers.
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NewsConveyancing fees outpaced by estate agent charges
Legal fees associated with moving home have risen in the past decade – but costs of other services have increased much faster.
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NewsSee you in court: CPS hauled before magistrates
Crown Prosecution Service was ordered to pay £3,600 costs in September 2014.
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NewsDyson shelves guideline hourly rates reform
Master of the rolls had previously described an evidence-based revision of the rates as ‘urgent’.
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FeaturePricing: getting it right
Richard Susskind thinks lawyers are wrong on pricing. But firms should be encouraged to understand and tackle modern challenges on more than one front.
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NewsLib Dems open to reversing court fees hike
Party’s manifesto pledges immediate review of keynote legal reforms made by coalition government.
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News'Uncertainty' over second 8.75% legal aid fee cut
Practitioner group seeking answers from Legal Aid Agency over proposed fee cuts for criminal work.
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NewsGrayling promises to keep court fees increase ‘under review’
Lord chancellor writes to master of the rolls saying fee remission scheme will be looked at.
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NewsLitigation funder expects windfall from £136m ‘pre-Jackson bulge’
Chief executive of Burford Capital says UK lawyers are not grasping opportunities.
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OpinionBudgeting blues in clin neg
Agreeing budgets in clinical negligence is rarer than a sighting of Bigfoot.
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NewsNoise-induced hearing loss a disease, High Court rules
Judge rejects ‘opportunistic attempt’ to reduce solicitors' success fees.
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NewsJudge slashes ‘wholly unreliable’ costs budget by £5.3m
Firm heavily criticised after one of the biggest budget cuts made since Jackson reforms.
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OpinionCourt levy smuggled through back door
The government has initiated ‘enhanced fees’ with uncharacteristic speed.
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NewsSolicitor loses £21k negligence strike-out appeal
Court punishes ‘deliberate’ non-compliance and rejects pleas of opportunism.
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NewsCourt fee increase imminent as levy clears parliament
Minister says those who use the court should contribute more to its running costs.
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NewsFamily court hammers firm in compliance crackdown
Judge makes wasted costs order against Barrett & Thomson for failing to keep court informed.
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NewsCourts system will ‘cease to function’ under costs budgeting
Master David Cook says problems since Jackson reforms are more than simply ‘bedding in’.