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Government and judiciary outline plan for future expansion of fixed costs
This is a joint statement from The Lord Chancellor Liz Truss, Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas and the Senior President of Tribunals on their shared vision for the future of Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-our-justice-system-joint-statement The joint statement acknowledges that the proposed reforms would…
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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…
Tags: bill of costs, CFA, Civil Courts Structure Review, clinical negligence, costs seminar, County Court, court fees, Court of Appeal, CPR 44.3(2), family court, fixed costs, HMCTS, Law Society, Legal costs update, Legal Services payment orders, Lord Chief Justice, Lord Justice Briggs, Lord Justice Jackson, Personal Injury, The Master of the Rolls -
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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Harmans Costs Brief – October 2015
October is shaping up to be a busy month at Harmans – we’re looking forward to the Law Society Excellence Awards in London this Thursday and keeping everything crossed for our app Costs Expert which has been shortlisted in the Business Development category! The Harmans Aylesbury team is on…
Tags: budget hearings, case management, case management conference, CFA, CMC, consumer ADR, costs, Costs Brief, costs budgets, Costs Expert app, Court of Appeal, CPR, Denton, HMCTS, Insurance Premium Tax, Law Society, Law Society Excellence Awards, National Minimum Wage, Practice Direction, relief from sanctions, tax -
HMCTS selects KIDATU for Emergency Service
KIDATU has been selected by HMCTS to handle its new out of hours Emergency Protection Orders, following the changes introduced by the creation of the Single Family Court in April 2014. The service supports the HMCTS process in relation to the handling of out of…
