Litigation Funding news – Page 72
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NewsCourt of Appeal rules claimants out of portal restricted to fixed costs
Lord Justice Briggs says to ‘throw open’ pre-action disclosure applications to assessed costs could create an undesirable level of satellite litigation.
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NewsLawyer groups urge Jackson to rethink fixed costs plans
Proposals dismissed as unjustified and likely to leave successful claimants paying more.
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NewsFixed costs for clinical negligence: the figures
Full rundown of the proposed options for claimant lawyers under the new scheme.
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NewsClin neg fixed costs plans unveiled as Hunt targets ‘unscrupulous’ firms
Campaigners claim proposals to restrict costs would ‘seriously harm access to justice and patient safety’.
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NewsMoJ not minded to regulate third-party litigation funding
Justice minister says market is still in its early stages of development.
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NewsSRA preparing rules on forcing law firms to publish prices
Competition watchdog has said the legal sector must be compelled to be more transparent.
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NewsCity warns of ‘perverse’ effects of extending fixed costs
Committee sets out opposition to extending the scheme as Jackson’s call for evidence nears end.
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NewsJackson hears from claimants over fixed costs
Meetings with claimants and defendants open review of fixed recoverable costs.
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NewsCPS staff ‘working hard to keep sinking ship afloat’
MPs will discuss concerns about funding of the Crown Prosecution Service in a debate tabled by former shadow attorney general Karl Turner.
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NewsBarristers and solicitors at odds over advocacy fee reform
Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association highlights concerns while Criminal Bar Association seeks to clear up misconceptions.
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NewsVW emissions claims set for court debut this month
Firm leading group litigation expecting to claim for thousands of pounds for each affected owner.
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NewsEmployers cough up £83k under tribunal penalty regime
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued 60 notices since April 2016.
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NewsUnreasonable defendant must face costs consequences
High Court sends another warning message to parties who 'litigate mendaciously'.
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NewsBTE extension under review with backing from top judge
Sir Terence Etherton says before-the-event insurance could become the main source of litigation funding.
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NewsNHSLA faces new probe into £1.5bn clin neg costs
National Audit Office begins study into the costs of managing clinical negligence claims against the NHS in England.
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NewsCourt fee refunds for settled cases to be scrapped
Solicitor says move is ’wholly at odds’ with encouraging parties to settle.
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NewsCMA report: firms must publish price information
Competition and Markets Authority publishes final report after a year-long study of legal services market.
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NewsProfession reacts: 'Astonishing' that CMA downgrades consumer protection - Law Society
Bourns says deregulatory changes would undermine consumer protections and erode trust.
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NewsLitigation funder expands to create world’s biggest legal financier
Burford Capital announces agreement to buy Chicago-based GKC, combining 'two largest finance players'.
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NewsTrain youth justice lawyers and pay them more – landmark report
Quality of legal representation in Youth Court often ‘very poor’, says government-commissioned report, partly because criminal lawyers appearing there are badly paid.