Litigation Funding news – Page 10
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Disabled woman challenges legal aid guidance
Claimant faced costs dilemma in case against police after backdated welfare benefit payment was treated as capital.
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Former opponent buys rights to checkmylegalfees.com
Litigation firm’s boss looking forward to being on the 'same side in court'.
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Litigant penalised for being 'rude and abusive' to opponent's firm
Court awards indemnity costs in personal injury case as punishment for the conduct of the defence.
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Costs budgeting works but can be tailored to cases, review finds
Costs review also concludes that guideline hourly rates should be adjusted every year.
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Costs bills based entirely on estimates 'intentionally misleading'
Court rules that firm should be sanctioned after claiming for work that was not carried out.
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Claim falls away after solicitors underpaid court fee by £24
Deadline had been missed after solicitors’ inadvertent error in landlord-tenant dispute.
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JR threat amid clin neg fixed costs confusion
Lawyers demand to meet the Ministry of Justice after it emerges that some clinical negligence claims may be captured by new rules.
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Cyber-attack cost conveyancing giant £7m - but the insurers paid up
Goodwill writedown contributes to huge operating loss at Simplify, which was forced to cut new instructions for 10 weeks.
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Legal aid widened but grandparents 'will fall through justice gap'
Ministry of Justice announces £6m to support family and friends applying for special guardianship orders.
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Litigant who called City firm 'scammers' hit with £4,000 costs
Employment claimant penalised for inappropriate conduct and pursuit of hopeless case.
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Draft rules for fixed costs extension are finally published
Government gears up for implementation of the extension to most types of civil claims this October.
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Cost of assessing costs is a 'nonsense', says leading judge
Lord Justice Birss says profession has ‘bought into idea’ that costs estimates are always difficult.
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'Wholly unreasonable': SRA hit with costs bill for 'desultory approach' to disclosure
SDT orders Solicitors Regulation Authority to pay almost £15,000 in wasted costs for multiple disclosure failings in high-profile prosecution.
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Guideline rates 'not particularly useful' for £500k costs assessment
Judge says top London rates not reserved exclusively for 'heavy commercial' work.
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Start dates confirmed for fixed costs extension
Different approaches will be applied for PI claims, procedure rule committee reveals.
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Third time lucky? LAA reopens tender for housing contracts
Liverpool among 11 procurement areas where the Legal Aid Agency has failed to attract 'compliant' bids.
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MoJ evaluation reveals advice sector struggles
Legal advice agencies say it is getting harder to recruit staff as demand for support surges.
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Divorce reform: work finally begins on finances review
Law Commission aims to publish a scoping paper in September 2024.
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Regional litigation funder lifts £1m cap on new investments
New entrant expanding with backing from US private equity house.
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'National Legal Service' plan puts City levy back on the agenda
Proposed vision for legal aid would see highest earners and wealthy litigants pay extra to help fund new-look legal aid scheme.