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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…
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Costs and Procedure Case Round-Up
1502 Courts report pg 1 – Litigation Funding – GK 1502 Courts report pg 2 – Litigation Funding – GK
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Harmans Costs Brief – January 2015
Fresh for 2015 – Costs Brief is back! Featuring a Legal Costs update from Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight, analysis from Nishma Shah on recovering insurance premiums post LASPO and much more. http://eepurl.com/bbnhH9
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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 – October 2014
Read our latest Costs Brief covering all the latest industry developments including the impending introduction of J-Codes, the latest CPR updates as well as relief from sanctions allowed on Appeal. It also covers Legal Aid work in family cases and features an article by one of our…
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Relief from sanctions allowed on Appeal
The Appeal in Long v Value Properties & Ocean Trade Limited was formally handed down yesterday. The receiving party had previously been denied relief from sanctions by the Costs Judge but the Appeal was allowed. The Judgment states “…this appeal must be allowed, either on…
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Legal Costs Update by Gary Knight
Following a winter of discontent the decision of the Court of Appeal in the matter of Denton brought a sunnier outlook, if not glorious summer, for under fire Solicitors with green shoots of common sense springing up almost every where. Denton is dealt with elsewhere…
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Harmans Costs Brief – July 2014
Read our latest Costs Brief featuring articles on the long awaited judgment from The Court of Appeal dealing with the issues arising from Mitchell, commentary on another decision by The Court of Appeal that the Legal Aid Agency must pay the full cost of expert…
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Family matters
Click the link below to read Ben Rigby’s article in the latest Costs Lawyer magazine featuring the thoughts of Jim Lines, amongst others, on The Court of Appeal’s recent decision that The Legal Aid Agency must pay the full cost of expert reports ordered by the…
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Mitchell substantially sound simply misunderstood
The Court of Appeal has now handed down judgment dealing with issues arising from the interpretation of the “Mitchell” decision following which a “zero tolerance” approach was adopted in many cases as a result of a failure to fully comply with orders and/or directions. Applications…
