Litigation Funding news – Page 94
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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.
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NewsCosts ABS expands as business booms
A ‘buoyant’ costs market has prompted a hiring spree at one of the biggest costs firms. Just Costs Solicitors, which was granted an ABS licence last year, has expanded its 100-strong team with the addition of 30 solicitors, barristers, costs lawyers and costs drafts personnel, its managing director said ...
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NewsSenior judge calls time on conferences
Sir Terence Etherton, chancellor of the High Court, said judges were ‘perplexed’ as to why parties are failing to agree budgets.
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NewsClaimant firm fails to increase 30% success fee
Mrs Justice Slade agreed the defendant’s offer of 30% reflected the ‘real risk’ of establishing negligence.
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NewsInsurers buoyed by ‘fundamental dishonesty’ ruling
Claimant ordered to pay defendant’s costs after judge ruled he had exaggerated injuries.
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NewsJackson anxiety will be short-lived – Ramsey
Judge in charge of implementing reforms says Mitchell ruling has made firms ‘much more nervous’.
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News‘School-leavers only’ pledge by latest ABS
New fixed-fee entrant Riverview Law takes another step into the legal services market.