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Harmans Costs Brief – June 2019
This month’s Costs Brief covers two significant rulings – the recent High Court ruling on Proportionality which saw costs slashed and the Allen ruling which rejected a challenge to a costs lawyer’s delegation of work to non-costs lawyers on their staff. Also featured are the latest amendments…
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Implementation of electronic bill of costs put on hold until April 2018
Mandatory implementation of electronic bill of costs put on hold until 6 April 2018 “subject to the parliamentary timetable,” to enable the new process to be rolled out in the County Courts and the SCCO.
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Changes to appeals
On 3 October there are a number of changes to appeals due to come into force. The changes are intended to lighten the load on the Court of Appeal and are summarised below: the introduction of a new CPR 52 (the main part of the…
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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…
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Legal Costs Update #5: Key Developments
Whilst December may have been the holiday season with thoughts of well earned down time with family and friends there were still matters to be determined by the Courts and the following matters may justify consideration during the early weeks of the New Year LINDA…
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Harmans Costs Brief – July 2015
This month Costs Brief focuses on a recent report which recommends that pro bono work becomes mandatory for all lawyers, Partner Gary Knight’s strong response is a must-read. There’s articles on the NHSLA and the County Court portal case which was leapfrogged to the Court of…
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County Court portal case leapfrogged to the Court of Appeal
An appeal on the contentious issue of which fixed costs apply in portal ‘drop-out’ cases when they settle before trial, which has led to several conflicting first instance decisions, has been leapfrogged to the Court of Appeal from Birkenhead County Court. The central issue arises…
