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Update to new Civil Juctice Council guidance
Some minor additions have already been made to this new CJC Guidance (with new paragraphs 31, 61 and 87 added). It is not formally in force at present, although it is intended that it should replace the Protocol on experts which currently forms part of…
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Civil Justice Council issues new guidance on instructing experts in civil claims
The Civil Justice Council has published new guidance on the instruction of experts in civil claims ahead of the removal of the Protocol on experts in Practice Direction 35 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The new guidance is not formally in force at present, but…
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Requesting oral hearings in relation to the provisional assessment process
I recently attended an oral hearing where the paying party failed to serve a written request for an oral hearing in accordance with CPR 47.15. CPR 47.15(7) states, “when a provisional assessment has been carried out, the court will send a copy of the bill,…
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Fixed report fees announced for whiplash claims
The proposed reforms have now been finalised and agreed by the Civil Procedure Rules Committee and the Statutory Instrument, The Civil Procedure (Amendments No. 6) Rules 2014, has been laid before Parliament and the rules changes will come into force on 1 October 2014. A…
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Supreme Court issues stark human rights costs warning
A long-running nuisance dispute may have a profound effect on parties’ liabilities for costs in cases fought under the pre-LASPO regime, the Supreme Court has warned. Although the Supreme Court reserved its final decision on how to proceed until future representations had been obtained, Neuberger…
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Master Gordon-Saker appointed new Senior Costs Judge
The Queen has appointed Andrew Stephen Gordon-Saker to be the Senior Costs Judge (Chief Taxing Master) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Chris Grayling MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Thomas of…
