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Harmans Costs Brief – March 2016
What a hectic month – we’ve added to our Law Society Excellence Award shortlisting last year with another shortlisting in the Modern Claims Awards, this time for Costs Company of the Year! Plans for our spring seminar are in full swing and we’ve also been keeping…
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Summary of 83rd amendment to CPR
With effect from 6 April 2016 the 83rd amendments to the CPR comes into force. There are some minor but important changes in relation to Costs Management (PD3E): • The costs management rules are amended to provide that only the first page of Precedent H…
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83rd update to CPR from April 2016
The 83rd Update to the Civil Procedure Rules introduces changes in a number of areas. The majority of the amendments come into force on 1 or 6 April 2016. Note reference to budget changes. https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil
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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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CPR sanctions for failure to serve funding documents with a Bill of Costs
At Harmans we still find that certain Claimant law firms, and even some Costs Lawyers, still refuse to provide the information required by CPR Costs Practice Direction 32.5(1)(c) & (d) when serving a Bill of Costs – namely a Statement of Reasons for the Success…
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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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The application of the “new” proportionality test on an assessment of costs
It has been sometime since the “new” test for proportionality was introduced for work undertaken post 1 April 2013 with CPR 44.3(2) stating: “Where the amount of costs is to be assessed on the standard basis…Costs which are disproportionate in amount may be disallowed or…
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Security for Costs – the appropriate test to apply
BESTFORT DEVELOPMENT LLP & ORS v RAS AL KHAIMAH INVESTMENT AUTHORITY & ORS (2015) The appropriate test to apply when deciding whether to make an order for security for costs under CPR r.25.13(2)(a) is whether it was “likely” that there would be obstacles to or…
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Costs sanctions for refusal to mediate
Lexis Nexis PSL Dispute Resolution Practice Note: SA-1015-012-Dispute-Resolution-Practice-Note
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Case Management – unrepresented parties – new Rule 3.1A
On 1 October 2015 a new rule was introduced in relation to case management of matters involving “litigants in person” by way of the 81st update to the Civil Procedure Rules:- “Case Management- unrepresented parties – 3.1A – (1) This rule applies in any proceedings…
