All articles by Rachel Rothwell – Page 10
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News
Law Society urges profession to give views on ‘dramatic’ SRA changes
SRA consultations on separate codes of conduct and simplifying accounts rules both close later this month.
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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.
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News
PI claimants face £12,000 bill after fundamental dishonesty finding
Whiplash claims by bus passengers after low-speed collision thrown out by court.
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Opinion
‘Hot tubbing’: is concurrent expert evidence working?
CEE may improve the quality of evidence but doesn't necessarily cut costs.
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Opinion
Would City law firms invest in a CLAF?
Could the City be persuaded to inject cash into a not-for-profit funder?
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Opinion
Will we see QOCS expanded to new areas?
Extension to claims against police about as likely as England winning the 2018 World Cup.
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News
NHSLA ‘saves £6m’ by fighting ATE premiums
Authority says district judges becoming more willing to slash 'excessive' after-the-event insurance premiums.
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Feature
PII special: overview
Solicitors renewing their PII continue to encounter a benign market, but their regulator has not given up on far-reaching reform.
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News
CFA assignment question leapfrogged to Court of Appeal
Decision will have ramifications for tens of thousands of cases sold to larger practices in PI sector consolidation.
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News
Part 36 rules override PA costs cap, court rules
Appeal decision potentially affects all cases that proceed to provisional assessment of costs.
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Opinion
Costs: a harsh lesson on proportionality
The slashing of a successful claimant’s costs casts some light on the new rule.
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News
Court rules on QOCS protection in appeals
High Court judgment clears up area of confusion over costs protection in personal injury.
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Opinion
How fixed costs are looking
The more things develop, the more one gets the sense that the reality is going to be less radical than first feared.
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News
Briggs LJ: online court limit ‘may have to start at £10k’
Civil courts reformer appears at London policy event with Jackson LJ, who is standing firm on fixed costs.
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News
No more costs reform without evidence, lawyers urge
Fixed costs should not be extended until we know what impact reforms such as budgeting have had so far, ACL conference hears.
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News
New-style bill of costs ‘fails’ to deliver benefits
New spreadsheet-based bill was used by claimants in a case which settled last month.
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News
CFAs ‘validly assigned’, judge rules
Judgment will be welcomed by firms that bought up thousands of pre-Jackson cases.
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Opinion
Will MedCo be expanded beyond whiplash?
Some worrying clues suggest the online portal’s remit may be widened.
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Feature
Mergers: joined-up thinking
Bigger firms are now looking overseas for mergers, but more consolidation is expected in the mid-tier as ‘baby boomer’ partners retire.