Opinion – Page 10
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Guideline rates: why solicitors must engage
It really is in the profession’s interests to make sure the new guideline hourly rates reflect commercial reality.
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My search for a missing will
Rachel Rothwell’s first-hand experience of why the law should require wills in England and Wales to be registered.
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Defamation costs: lessons from the PI world
Last Friday the government unveiled its plans to bring in costs protection in defamation cases. The proposed scheme would be similar to the qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) regime that came in into force in personal injury in April, but with some important differences. In particular, in defamation, QOCS will ...
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My own Co-op experience
Telephone marketing can be very effective – but only if the service offered isn’t too superficial.
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A new way into the law
Rachel Rothwell says a new apprenticeship scheme is a welcome alternative to conventional routes into the law – and students will know exactly what they are getting.
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Cracking the whip on costs
Judges have been instructed to take a tough line on costs budgeting rules.
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Business booming in insolvency funding
With most areas of civil litigation beginning to feel the effects of the Jackson reforms, there was some interesting news this week from the insolvency quarter
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Lawyers need to think tactically on costs
A few months in to the new costs budgeting regime, many litigators have already had to knuckle down and complete Precedent H
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Tactics emerge in costs budgeting
Some interesting points emerged in relation to costs budgeting at IBC Legal’s Impact of Jackson conference last week. By now, many litigators will have had to knuckle down and complete Precedent H – the form through which they must provide the opposing party with an estimate of their costs in ...
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Private client: a good place to be
There was a very positive mood at the Private Client Section’s annual conference on Friday.