Litigation Funding news – Page 2
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NewsFirm’s legal aid appeal dismissed - but determining officer’s reasons questioned
Defence claimed for 6,450 pages of prosecution evidence in exposure case but was allowed only 109.
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NewsMahmood obtains injunctions over hacked LAA data
Injunctions prevent hackers and third parties disclosing or publishing data obtained from Legal Aid Agency's digital systems.
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NewsCJC calls for costs budgeting in group claims
Enhanced costs management should start as soon as possible, says working group.
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NewsEx-managing partner must pay £210k costs of failed employment tribunal claim
Michael Willis had half-share in home worth up to £2.2m and tribunal did not err in law by considering equity release.
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NewsConsultant not entitled to 40% share of fees
Employment Appeal Tribunal finds consequences of lawyer's interpretation of consultancy agreement 'border on the ludicrous'.
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NewsReverse PACCAR judgment now, says CJC
Civil Justice Council also recommends 'light-touch' statutory regulation of litigation funding but rejects caps on funders' returns.
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NewsPioneer firm's paralegals devastated by apprenticeship funding cut
Personal injury practice says nearly all of its legal apprentices would have missed out on crucial funding under the new arrangements.
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NewsDfE scales back funding cut for solicitor-apprentices
Solicitor-apprentices will be funded until they turn 22 and support will continue for existing apprentices over 21.
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NewsMahmood trims judges' pay rise
Lord chancellor rejects 4.75% pay recommendation and says her decision strikes right balance between official advice and what her department can afford.
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NewsLAA cyber attack: firms risk doing unpaid work
Solicitors fear legal aid might not be granted when they try to get applications backdated as coalition of law societies demands LAA provide better support.
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NewsLAA demands £35,000 for case that ended 13 years ago
Legal advice charity says no records have been presented to show that it owes full amount.
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News‘Fewer dollars’ for UK economy as top lit funder spurns English law
Government's failure to act on PACCAR Supreme Court ruling ‘regrettable’, says Burford chief.
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NewsLawyers face payment delays following LAA cyber attack
Practitioners having to email and phone about applications while Ministry of Justice works on back-up service to replace digital portal.
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NewsSlater and Gordon beats off costs challenge from 224 ex-clients
Senior Costs Judge Rowley says clients understood terms and were not put under pressure to sign.
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NewsMPs demand urgent plan for cutting clin neg costs
Public Accounts Committee critical of ‘astronomical’ sums paid to claimant lawyers.
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NewsJudicial salary review to explore 'flexible pay'
Lord chancellor wants Senior Salaries Review Body to come up with recommendations that will make the bench more attractive.
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NewsCostly remedy battle harming reputation of lawyers, says family judge
Court dismisses application for interim payments made just three months before final hearing.
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NewsMoJ consults on £92m offer for criminal legal aid
Law Society welcomes extra cash but says cost of living has outstripped extra funding being offered.
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NewsEfficient service? MPs to probe family court system
Ministry of Justice and Department for Education officials will be grilled on why families are waiting up to a year for their cases to be resolved.
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News‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case reaches settlement after ‘long and unhappy road’
Costs judge says the £1,190,000 settlement was ‘satisfactory commercial conclusion for both sides’.