Opinion – Page 5
-
Opinion
Why BTE can never provide all the answers
Legal cover is cheap - but poorer people are often left out.
-
Opinion
Should hospital receptionists owe a duty to patients?
Court of Appeal grapples with potentially far-reaching issue.
-
Opinion
Some hints on fixed costs
Lord Justice Jackson suggests different thresholds may apply for different types of case.
-
Opinion
How binding is a budget?
A recent ruling on the status of budgets will have serious implications for costs and case management conferences.
-
Opinion
Spare a thought for the judges
Mail moans about moaning judges. But how can we improve the courts environment?
-
Opinion
Clin neg fixed fees: can the NHSLA change its ways?
Lawyers on both sides must have their say, but the success of fixed fees will rest on whether the litigation authority can break the habit.
-
Opinion
Big questions on fixed costs for civil litigators
Lawyers must accept the fixed fees concept and focus their energy on assisting the costs review – it could help them stay in business.
-
Opinion
The cash is flowing into litigation
Funding industry's overall direction of travel is clear.
-
Opinion
Will patients know when they need a lawyer?
The NHS Litigation Authority’s mediation service will work best when claimants are legally represented.
-
Opinion
Appeal court has listened to claimants on fixed costs
As claimant lawyers face long-feared PI reforms, two judgments come as positive news.
-
Opinion
Claimants forced to reveal funding secrets
Judgment considered a ‘test case’ for whether third-party funders can remain anonymous.
-
Opinion
At last we will know how proportionality works
Damaging uncertainty about the Jackson rule has gone on for long enough.
-
Opinion
Privatising family law by the back door
Private financial dispute resolution hearings - a BUPA to the courts’ NHS - are thriving.
-
Opinion
Will the appeal court turn its nose up at the sale of PI cases?
True value of pre-Jackson caseloads is difficult to work out.
-
Opinion
‘Hot tubbing’: is concurrent expert evidence working?
CEE may improve the quality of evidence but doesn't necessarily cut costs.
-
Opinion
Would City law firms invest in a CLAF?
Could the City be persuaded to inject cash into a not-for-profit funder?
-
Opinion
Will we see QOCS expanded to new areas?
Extension to claims against police about as likely as England winning the 2018 World Cup.