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Court report – Gary Knight highlights some interesting recent costs cases for Litigation Funding
Litigation Funding – Court Report – Feb 2017 pg 1 Litigation Funding – Court Report – Feb 2017 pg 2 Litigation Funding – Court Report – Feb 2017 pg 3
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Briggs and 598 others v First Choice Holidays & Flights Limited
Readers may recall the detailed decision of Costs Judge Jennifer James in the above matter summarised in the December issue of our Costs Brief. In summary this was a group action resulting from illness (of varying severity) on holiday. Base costs were just under £2…
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Harmans Costs Brief – January 2017
An industry award, a brand new office, two costs seminars, our first exhibition and a team trip to Bruges – 2016 was a very busy year for Harmans, we’re looking forward to seeing what 2017 will bring… We hope you’ve had a good start to the…
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Home or Away?
The ‘local solicitor argument’ One of the most common, and possibly one of the strongest arguments deployed by a paying party on an assessment of costs, is the ‘local solicitor argument’. This is where a client chooses to instruct a firm of solicitors who are…
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Statutory Instrument increasing small claims track hearing fees from 06/03/17 and scrapping refunds
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1191/made
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Greig v Lauchlan & Anor – Ch D 07/12/16
Change of Counsel was not a significant development in an action that warranted the changing of a costs budget; so held Richard Millett QC when considering an application by the Defendant to increase a budget that had been approved in October 2015 shortly before a…
