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Matthew Harman on proportionality
In the latest installment of our costs video series Matthew Harman talks about proportionality. You can find the video on our YouTube channel, along with more videos from some of our other Partners, we hope you find them useful! If you have any questions for Matthew please do…
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Deadline tomorrow 24 August for submissions for LASPO Part 2 government review
Part 2 of the LASPO Act: Litigation Funding and Costs MoJ Survey – DEADLINE TOMORROW 24 AUGUST 2018. The Ministry of Justice is undertaking a post-implementation review of Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). This relates to…
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Harmans Costs Brief – June 2017
In this issue we look at an important case from the Court of Appeal where refusal to mediate was not a bar to the recovery of costs. We also discuss another judgment that has been eagerly awaited by PI lawyers, the “£400 club” case. And don’t…
Tags: access to justice, ADR, costs, Costs Brief, costs budgets, Court of Appeal, Deputy High Court Judges, fixed costs, Insurance Premium Tax, IPT, Jackson reforms, LLST, London Legal Walk, Lord Chief Justice, Lord Justice Briggs, Lord Justice Jackson, mediation, Personal Injury, Precedent R, refusal to mediate, RTA Protocol -
J C and A Solicitors Ltd v Andeen Iqbal & Another [2017] EWCA Civ 355
On 16 May 2017, in a judgment that had been eagerly awaited by personal injury lawyers, the Court of Appeal unanimously agreed that no obligation to repay Stage 1 fixed costs (£400 + VAT) once received, is imposed by the RTA Protocol or by the…
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Matthew Harman named as speaker at Law Society commercial litigation conference on 10 October 2016
Have you booked your space on the Law Society commercial litigation conference yet? This event is purely focused on costs and funding in commercial litigation and will assess the impact of the Jackson reforms as well as examining the changes ahead. Lord Justice Jackson, the…
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Gary Knight on Litigation Funding and Costs
To what extent has the costs profession evolved since its inception, and have there been any key milestones of particular significance? I started in costs in 1983 – even then the rules applied to costs were being scrutinised with a proposed simpler format being introduced…
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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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Costs Seminar Resources: Part 2
If you couldn’t be there on the day here’s Matthew Harman’s notes and hand outs from our breakfast seminar at The Law Society plus Roger Mallalieu’s notes. Harmans talk 10.04.15 – notes Example budget Harmans talk -Documentation is support Explanation of costs for CCMC Costs…
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Lord Chief Justice’s Report 2014
Cases taking longer with rise in unrepresented litigants Cases which might never have been brought or would have been compromised at an early stage are often fully-contested as a result of the increase in unrepresented litigants, the Lord Chief Justice has said. In his annual…
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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…
