Litigation Funding news – Page 81
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NewsJudge gives ‘opportunistic’ litigants costs warning
Mr Justice Fraser said both parties ‘determined to fight bitterly over every possible inch of ground’.
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NewsClaimants want to avoid court but still shun mediation – MoJ poll
At least 78% of each different group of claimant expects their case to go in their favour, with just 1% forecasting defeat.
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NewsInnocent defendants consider guilty plea to reduce legal bill – report
‘Reasonable’ costs should be reimbursed to those acquitted or where prosecution is withdrawn, charity says.
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NewsDebt protocol plan revised to reduce burden for creditors
Reforms have been on the cards since Lord Justice Jackson’s report on civil justice.
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NewsMP: courts charge stops guilty ‘working the system’
Select committee member and pressure groups clash over new fee for convicted defendants.
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NewsClaimant lawyers to pay charge for every new portal case
New fee - as yet unspecified - likely to be introduced from December 2016.
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NewsMishcons loses sanctions appeal after DLA’s late notice
Judge says relief from sanctions preferable to further satellite litigation.
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NewsJackson: drop ‘oppressive’ exemption to my rules
‘Excessive litigation costs are wasteful of the nation’s resources,’ says LASPO architect.
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NewsCourt rules fixed costs apply to multi-track RTA claims
Judge accepts appeal would have allowed ‘re-casting’ of Civil Procedure Rules.
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NewsCompensation culture? Test more claims in court, says Dyson
Master of the rolls calls for fixed costs to encourage defences against unfair cases.
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NewsHigh Court rules ‘offer to settle’ was not a Part 36
Defendants had argued against costs order based on letter to claimants.
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NewsFixed costs looming in commercial litigation
Commercial litigation is heading towards fixed costs, the judge in charge of the Commercial Court warned last week.
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NewsJustice system must adapt to life without lawyers – LCJ
Lord Thomas also heralds increasing possibility of online courts to resolve disputes.
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NewsCosts denied over lack of CFA retainer
Firm that took on Barnetts’ personal injury book was not successfully assigned CFA.
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NewsConservatives: court fees? Let’s talk about solicitors’ costs – Faulks
Conference fringe event also addresses how best to promote ADR to stop disputes coming to court.
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NewsLitigation funder backs VW shareholder action
Bentham Europe says shareholders ‘deserve more than an apology’.
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NewsHigh Court scheme brings in one-year litigation target
Judges also want more flexibility in how parties approach commercial litigation.
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NewsCriminal courts charge introducing plea-bargaining ‘through back door’
Defendants changing their pleas to avoid paying excessive penalties, thinktank warns.
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NewsDebt-recovery agency granted ABS status
Nottingham firm says litigation becoming a popular tool in creditors’ armoury.
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NewsLobby group calls for regulation of third-party litigation funding
The Justice Not Profit campaign, backed by the US Chamber of Commerce, says the industry has ‘outgrown self-regulation’.