Litigation Funding news – Page 87
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NewsOne-third of litigators are not Mitchell-proof
Research finds just 31% have re-analysed internal systems to ensure compliance with rules, practice directions and court orders since November.
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NewsSupreme Court expresses ‘grave concern’ over £640,000 costs
The pre-Jackson costs regime may breach article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Supreme Court says in a private nuisance case.
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NewsMoJ confirms fee rises for part-time judges
Deputy or retired High Court judges’ daily fees will rise nearly 5%, from £801 to £839.
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NewsMoJ facing claims for judicial fees
The ministry has established a judicial pay claims unit to deal with claims for underpayment and compensation.
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NewsClinical negligence cost inflation ‘astonishing’ - MDU
The Medical Defence Union this week said the total bill for hospital claims could cost each taxpayer at least £1,000 a year.
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NewsNews focus: revised Mitchell guidance
Solicitors welcome ‘commonsense’ guidance on relief from sanction.
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News‘Unprecedented’ clinical negligence claims as PI firms migrate
NHS Litigation Authority says new claims have shot up with some firms charging ‘excessive’ costs.
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NewsMitchell judgments restore co-operation to litigation – Law Society
Reaction largely positive from across the legal profession.
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NewsDyson: Mitchell guidance ‘misunderstood and misapplied’
Master of the rolls upholds trio of appeals in bid to bring clarity to position. Watch the broadcast, in association with Sky News.
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NewsLegal Ombudsman demands CFA complaints action
The ombudsman demands to know when legal regulators plan to act on consumer complaints about conditional fee agreements.
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NewsBoom for costs work
Introduction of budgeting leads to expanded practices, says Association of Costs Lawyers.
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NewsDyson sucks up Mitchell guidance criticism
Lord Dyson and Jackson LJ seek new guidelines on three cases surrounding relief from sanctions for non-compliance.
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NewsBattle lines drawn at CoA for Mitchell triple-header
Lord Dyson, joined on the bench by Lord Justice Jackson, will hear three cases today and tomorrow concerning relief from sanctions.
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NewsUrgent costs reviews if hourly rates are cut
John Bramhall says current drive to hire paralegals may end if the GHR changes.
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NewsNew hourly rates to hit firms using paralegals
Value per hour that can be recovered is vulnerable to a cut under the new guidelines, experts tell the Gazette.
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NewsBuffer rule for deadlines ‘good common sense’
Written prior agreements can now be extended by up to 28 days.
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NewsScots embrace funding reforms to repel English threat
DBAs and QOCS to be introduced north of the border.
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NewsAppeal court set for triple Mitchell showdown
Master of the rolls to hear appeals that should finally offer clarity over post-Jackson landscape.
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NewsJudge shuns Mitchell stance in ‘interests of justice’
Eady: wrong to have justice ‘compromised merely for the sake of discipline or the marking of disapproval’.
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NewsJackson rules High Court erred over extension
Architect of civil justice reforms says changes not designed to prevent reasonable time extensions.