Litigation Funding news – Page 12
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NewsCosts judge questions law firm’s £2.5m bill in family dispute
Level of costs 'perhaps more appropriate to heavy and high-level commercial litigation'.
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NewsCourt's ultimatum to medical agency: Explain your fees or we'll slash them
Latest case in the dispute over breakdowns of costs ends in victory for the defendant.
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NewsSolicitor who charged dishonest Grade A rate is struck off
Solicitor passed off work as his own and inflated costs by thousands of pounds.
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NewsClaimant spends £28k challenging an ATE premium worth £393
Former client in costs challenge claim wanted documents outlining whether commissions were paid to insurer.
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NewsEarly legal advice: MoJ report reveals pilot problems
Evaluation highlights need for better engagement with practitioners but says early legal advice could generate significant value for money.
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NewsFirm to pay costs of hearing sought by confused LiP
Solicitors 'should have been aware they were dealing with a vulnerable litigant in person', district judge says.
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News'Technical amendments' as government plugs gaps in PACCAR bill
Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill passes through committee stage in House of Lords.
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NewsSRA fights costs order in ‘flawed from top to bottom’ prosecution
Solicitors Regulation Authority argues SDT’s £74,950 order should not have been made as case was not improperly brought.
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NewsLitigation funding review: first report this summer
Civil Justice Council will examine sector 'with a view to ensuring fair and proportionate access to justice for all'.
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News'Unreasonable' apprentice-solicitor ordered to pay tribunal costs
Judge finds ‘just and proper’ to make costs order for brief fee incurred by Mishcon de Reya in employment tribunal hearing.
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NewsSRA appeals over costs of failed prosecution
Solicitors Regulation Authority, appealing against £74,950 costs order by Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, claim 20% of costs were not validly claimed.
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NewsFixed costs in clinical negligence claims set for October
Draft rules yet to be published but officials working towards autumn date.
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NewsHugh Grant phone hacking claim scuppered by Part 36 risk
Actor says that the potential £10m costs burden - even in the event of winning - was too much to handle.
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NewsSmooth ride for PACCAR bill in Lords
Issue of retrospectivity discussed at second reading of Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill.
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NewsMemory lane
Courts fees increase, the race to the bar and illegitimate persons: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsLaw Society consults on 5% PC fee rise
Representative body proposes a £4.20 increase in its call on the annual charge - but the SRA has yet to show its hand.
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News£593 divorce fee escapes 10% hike
Consultation respondents said higher fee could force couples to remain in unhappy or abusive relationships.
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NewsEmployment lawyers condemn ‘irrational’ fees plan
'The inference could be drawn that the real aim of these proposals is to deter claims,' says the Employment Lawyers Association.