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Harmans Costs Brief – November 2013
Here it is! The new Costs Brief with a strong focus on ATE insurance. http://eepurl.com/IA-A1
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ATE insurance
Recovery of the Premium The following passages from the judgment of Lord Justice Brooke in Rogers v Merthyr Tydfil CBC [2006] EWCA Civ 1134 are key in justifying staged premiums: In paragraph 107 of his judgement, Lord Justice Brooke stated that “there is in principle…
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Costs Budget Hearing
I recently attended a Case Management Conference/Costs Management Hearing in relation to a personal injury case. The hearing was in the County Court and the case was valued by the Claimant in the region of £27,000. There were two Defendants. The Claimant’s budget totalled £44,510.60. …
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ATE Premium Challenge in Kelly v Black Horse
The Claimant’s (Margaret & Paul Kelly) took out a loan with the Defendant (Black Horse Ltd) in 2001 and purchased payment protection insurance (PPI) at the same time. In 2011, the Claimants brought an action on the basis that the insurance had been mis-sold. The…
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Update for the Profession on Criminal Very High Cost Cases (VHCC)
On 31 October 2013 the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) sent contract amendment notices to barristers who hold a criminal VHCC contract. Details of the proposed amendments were subsequently published on the Ministry of Justice website. Under the proposed amendments the Government propose to pay future…
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The new Lord Mayor
On Monday 30 September, Fiona Woolf, was officially elected as the next Lord Mayor of the City of London, becoming only the second female to be elected in 824 years. Fiona Woolf is a partner at CMS Cameron McKenna specialising in electricity reforms and infrastructure…
