Litigation Funding news – Page 81
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NewsClin neg fixed costs limit set to be £25k
Department of Health appears to have climbed down from proposal to fix costs for claims up to £250,000.
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NewsHigh Court orders disclosure in bitter costs battle
EMW Law LLP seeking access to documents showing payments to sole practitioner firm for which it acted as agent.
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NewsNHSLA paying out 76% of claims after proceedings issued
Claimants say figures prove cases are being drawn out unnecessarily.
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NewsBudget should not 'fetter' costs, judge rules
Decision rejects argument that costs less than approved budget should be assessed as claimed.
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NewsNewspapers furious as Lords vote to make them foot legal costs
Editors say Investigatory Powers Bill has been ‘hijacked’ to implement dormant Leveson legislation.
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NewsJackson urges ‘culture change’ on ‘profitable' disclosure
Civil Justice Council chair presses for action on damages-based agreements.
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NewsAbsent businessman jailed over dispute with litigation funder
Guy Brooke sentenced to 21 months following dispute with Therium Capital Management.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell attacks tabloid's £29m NHS fees claim
Firm says media used ‘selective’ figures to suggest costs were almost as high as damages awarded.
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NewsNew bill of costs to be compulsory from October 2017
The new bill has been the subject of a voluntary pilot in the Senior Courts Costs Office since October last year.
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NewsLitigation funder hires counsel as ABS plans accelerate
Burford Capital making progess toward providing legal services directly.
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News£2m litigation funding costs can be recovered
Judge says principle of recovering ‘other costs’ should extend to costs of obtaining third-party legal funding.
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NewsBriggs: online court will take the ‘A’ out of ‘ADR’
Lord Justice Briggs says mediation will become the cultural norm – and suggests £25k limit could be raised if his blueprint works.
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NewsLabour delays justice review until summer 2017
Party’s justice spokesman commits to abolition of employment tribunal fees.
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NewsFTSE-100 sets aside billions more for legal bills
Banks and financial services firms hold the biggest share of legal liability provision.
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NewsJackson LJ calls for court funding rethink
Architect of eponymous civil justice reforms says it’s wrong to shift cost burden to litigants.
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NewsSociety: fixed costs ‘totally inappropriate’ for high-value cases
Chancery Lane promises robust response to government’s ‘transforming justice’ proposals.
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NewsTransforming justice: wider fixed costs regime on the way
Ministry of Justice also gives the green light to the online court for resolving civil claims.
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NewsLitigation fund backs public interest cases
Woodsford Litigation Funding has become the first partner of venture to fund test cases.
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NewsNHSLA tests in-house working to cut £120m defence costs
In-house litigation team was established earlier this year and is running as a 12-month pilot.
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NewsClaimant slapped with costs order after erroneous CFA letter
Firm admitted that it had wrongly advised the defendants claim was being funded by way of a conditional fee agreement.