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Legal Costs Update #3: Costs & Procedure
The mild winter appears to have been reflected in the judgments handed down; the odd chill but compared to previous years nothing yet of great concern. CIP Properties (AIPT) Ltd v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd and Various Other Parties –Coulson J – 29/10/2014 [2014] EWHC…
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Harmans Costs Brief – November 2014
Our last Costs Brief of 2014 is here and unashamedly features our Costs Expert app launch as well as a comprehensive update on cases dealing with the costs consequences of refusing to mediate. Plus lots of other costs and court news. http://eepurl.com/7w26P
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Court Discretion on Costs Budgets Confirmed
In CIP Properties (AIPT) v Galliford Try Infrastructure and others [2014] EWHC (TCC), Mr Justice Coulson decided the points of principle against the claimants, and ruled that the court has a complete discretion to decide whether costs budgets should be filed and exchanged whether or…
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Manchester CJC First in Costs CMC Initiative
OPTIONAL PROVISIONAL COSTS BUDGETING IN ‘CAT’ * CLAIMS PROCEEDING AT MANCHESTER CJC EXAMPLE DIRECTIONS 1. The parties may, prior to the Costs CMC, request that the same be conducted on paper and without a hearing, and if so, the following directions shall apply: (1)…
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Sign and your winning
The World Cup is in full swing at the time of writing and again the decisions of referees are being closely scrutinised with already some very harsh calls being made and in many cases criticised; back in the less glamorous but equally competitive world of…
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Harmans Costs Brief – June 2014
Last month’s Costs Brief proved to be our most popular of 2014, can we beat it with the latest issue? See for yourself, but we’re quietly confident… http://eepurl.com/Wxs-j
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CPR changes from 5 June 2014
The following three CPR provisions have been the subject of the reforms which came into force on Thursday 5 June 2014: changes to ensure it is clear that CPR 3.12 dealing with costs budgeting applies in the Admiralty and Commercial Courts how the…
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ACL Annual Costs Conference 2014 – Special Report
The special report has been put together by the ACL to capture the highlights and key lessons of the two day conference as well as to provide a flavour of the current position on costs within the judiciary and the wider industry. http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?eid=f2f35c14-cc8d-42ef-82ac-8ce95dcd774f
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Costs Seminar Resources and Materials
If you couldn’t be there on the day here’s the new Precedent H guidance notes that Matthew Harman referred to in his talk and Steve Jones’ updated Relief from Sanction notes. New Precedent H guidance Relief from Sanction notes (updated)
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Firms and judges “struggling with costs management”
Smaller law firms are struggling with the demands of budgeting, while larger practices are not as capable as they think, a judicial roundtable organised by the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has heard. Click below to read a white paper from the Association of Costs Lawyers: http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?eid=d7fa620c-3d92-4da4-af1f-3b80621fc96d
