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Harmans Costs Brief – May 2021
Welcome to the latest Costs Brief which covers the third and final update following the Civil Justice Council’s recent Guideline Hourly Rates report. We have been working with The Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors (FOCIS) to collate the relevant data to assist with their submission to the…
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Harmans Costs Brief – March 2021
Welcome to the latest Costs Brief which discusses the recommendations for reform following the Civil Justice Council’s recent Guideline Hourly Rates report. We have been working with The Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors (FOCIS) to collate the relevant data to assist with their submission to the…
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Matthew Harman talks costs
Welcome to the first in a series of costs videos which will feature a different Harmans partner each time. Matt Harman kicks our series off with a look at the publication of the Civil Justice Council’s report on Guideline Hourly Rates and gives his thoughts…
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Guideline Hourly Rates remain at 2010 levels
The Guideline Hourly Rates (GHR) are to remain at their 2010 levels indefinitely after the Master of the Rolls decided there was no prospect of the evidence required being produced in order to change them. Last July, following a year-long study by the Civil Justice…
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Harmans Costs Brief – March 2015
Read our latest Costs Brief covering undoubtedly the main story of the month – the civil courts fee increase. As well as articles about payments on account, Online Dispute Resolution, Insurance and Child Abuse and an update on our latest free breakfast seminar coming up next month. http://eepurl.com/bgwoej
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What price Justice? Court fee changes under fire
The government is to press ahead with higher charges for civil court proceedings to recover money owed, which solicitors’ leaders warn could price the public out of the courts. The Ministry of Justice, which published its response to a consultation on proposed reforms to court…
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Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) – the shape of things to come?
The CJC’s Advisory Group on ODR published its report in February 2015. Via the link http://judiciary.gov.uk/reviews/online-dispute-resolution you can find the report itself, as well as some background information on its development. Additionally, there are links to interviews with experts in the field of ODR, discussing…
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Harmans Costs Brief – September 2014
Costs Brief is back after a summer break and as usual is full of the latest industry news and comment on Costs. We’ve got an article on requesting oral hearings in relation to the provisional assessment process, details of the proposed fixed report fees for whiplash…
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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…
