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Civil Courts Structure Review: Final Report
The Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls, as Head of Civil Justice, asked Lord Briggs to carry out a review of the structure of the courts which deliver civil justice. Lord Justice Briggs retained his strong support for the creation of an…
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Harmans Costs Brief – Summer 2016
Gary Knight asks who’d be a Costs Judge these days following several decisions being overturned on appeal. There’s also analysis of another recent interesting case in the Court of Appeal, plus the final report from Lord Justice Briggs following his review of the structure of…
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Harmans Costs Brief – February 2016
Costs Brief February is here! Where else could we start but Gary Knight’s scathing response to Lord Justice Jackson’s vision of fixed costs. There’s also a legal costs update of key cases, the summary of the Civil Courts Structure Review interim report from Lord Justice Briggs plus we cover…
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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…
