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Replies to points of dispute and Provisional Assessment
You are faced with points of dispute to your bill which totals less than £75,000. The bill and notice of commencement were served on the paying party post 1/4/13. As we know the bill will be provisionally assessed. Despite the bill being comprehensive, replies are…
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Harmans costs seminar presentation notes
If you couldn’t be there on the day, here’s a copy of Matthew’s presentation notes: Harmans seminar presentation notes
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Costs seminar feedback – 27 September at The Law Society
Just some of the feedback following our costs seminar last week: “Extremely useful and very practical.” “Matthew is a very engaging and knowledgeable speaker.” “Very helpful and insightful course.” “Matthew is a sound speaker – he always has pearls of wisdom to impart!” “It proved…
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Plebgate…
I am quite sure that by now all of our followers are aware that under the new rules (with the notable, and quite frankly in my opinion cynical, exception of the Commercial Court and budgets in excess of £2m in the TCC, Mercantile and Chancery…
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Harmans breakfast seminar – Friday 27 September at The Law Society
Our latest seminar is quickly getting booked up, if you haven’t already booked your space then do it now! The seminar will focus on the Jackson reforms 6 months on. We will be holding two sessions: 9.15-10.30am and 10.45-12.00pm. Each session carries 1 CPD point.…
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Case round up by Gary Knight
At the time of writing it has been 4 months since J-Day (Jackson Day) and thus far the seas have not boiled and the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse have not been spotted riding through the new costs landscape but it is still early days.…
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Jackson Reforms – 30% Fall in Claims Management Companies
The number of claims management companies registered to handle personal injury claims has fallen by 30% in just over a year, the Ministry of Justice has reported. According to the MoJ’s Claims Management Regulation unit, there were 1,700 such companies in June 2013, down from…
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Guidance issued by CCMCC Salford about use of Form H
Following concerns raised by practitioners about the County Court Money Claims Centre (Salford Business Centre) regarding the incorrect issuing of the new Form H, the following guidance was recently given by the Centre Manager: “Further to your e-mail and discussion at the stakeholders meeting on…
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Post-Jackson Rules: Ongoing Costs Uncertainty
The Summary of the changes to Part 47 on the Ministry of Justice’s website states, in relation to points of dispute/replies, that they must be “short and to the point”: The rules relating to assessment of costs are redrawn to ensure that material presented to…
