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Christmas Costs emergency?
We’re on hand this Christmas if you need us! For any Costs emergencies just email or call Jim Knight: jim.knight@harmanscosts.com or 07885 698366
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Government Proposals for Court Fee Reforms – Consultation Paper
As Solicitors costs are being driven down under the new regime it appears that Court fees could be significantly increased under proposals put forward by the government. Court fees for litigants in commercial money claims could rise from under £3,000 to more than £21,000 under…
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***STOP PRESS***
The Civil Justice Council’s costs committee has extended the deadlines for submissions to its review of the guideline hourly rates (GHR). It will now accept responses to both the costs survey – which officially closed on Friday – and the call for written evidence, whose…
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No relief for Mr Mitchell MP
There will be few, if any, members of the legal profession unaware of the recent decision given by the Court of Appeal in the matter of Andrew Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 1526. The decision has been reviewed, discussed, commented…
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Mitchell ‘Plebgate’ Court of Appeal Judgment handed down
Simon Browne QC and Richard Wilkinson appeared in the Court of Appeal on behalf of the Claimant in a landmark case following the Jackson Reforms namely Andrew Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 1526. Judgement was handed down today, Wednesday 27th…
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Guideline Hourly Rates
Click the link below for the speech given by Mr Justice Foskett to MASS (The Motor Accidents Solicitors Society) on 25 October 2013 which deals with Guideline Hourly Rates. Mr Justice Foskett is Chairman of the Costs Committee of the Civil Justice Council which was…
