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Faulty forms could add to divorce misery
Online forms used by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), which have been wrongly calculating assets in divorce settlements, could mean up to 17,000 people would need to re-look at their divorce settlements. The embarrassing error, which left debts out of its automated calculation, has led…
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Summary of the Civil Courts Structure Review interim report from Lord Justice Briggs
This is an interim report from Lord Justice Briggs following informal consultation. It was commissioned by the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in July 2015 to coincide with a programme for reform of the courts by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals…
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Useful blogs and websites
Kerry Underwood – https://kerryunderwood.wordpress.com/ Civil Litigation Brief, Gordon Exall – https://civillitigationbrief.wordpress.com/ Sarah Robson – http://www.sarahrobsonbarrister.co.uk/default.html Professor Dominic Regan – http://profdominicregan.blogspot.co.uk/ Parliament – http://services.parliament.uk/bills/ The Supreme Court – https://www.supremecourt.uk/ High Court – https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/high-court/ Court of Appeal – https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/rcj-rolls-building/court-of-appeal Bailii – http://www.bailii.org/ Legislation – http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
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CPR sanctions for failure to serve funding documents with a Bill of Costs
At Harmans we still find that certain Claimant law firms, and even some Costs Lawyers, still refuse to provide the information required by CPR Costs Practice Direction 32.5(1)(c) & (d) when serving a Bill of Costs – namely a Statement of Reasons for the Success…
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Legal Costs Update #5: Key Developments
Whilst December may have been the holiday season with thoughts of well earned down time with family and friends there were still matters to be determined by the Courts and the following matters may justify consideration during the early weeks of the New Year LINDA…
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Harmans Costs Brief – January 2016
It’s back – the first Costs Brief of 2016! Featuring analysis by Nishma Shah covering the thorny issue of proportionality plus Mat Knight asks when is it reasonable to recover costs of two separate firms acting for multiple Claimants in a case. We also cover fast track…
