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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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Proportionality – still no further forward
Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal handed down the long awaited case of BNM v MGN Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 1767. The judgment was significant in that it overturned Master Gordon-Saker’s decision that the new test of proportionality applied to additional liability claims in…
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BNM -v- MGN Limited
This case was one of the first cases to really demonstrate the power of CPR 44.3 (2) (‘Jackson test of proportionality’), which states: Where the amount of costs is to be assessed on the standard basis, the court will – (a) only allow costs which…
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Review of Civil Litigation Costs: Supplemental Report – Fixed Recoverable Costs
https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/review-of-civil-litigation-costs-supplemental-report-fixed-recoverable-costs/
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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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Harmans costs seminar resources from 5 May 2016
If you couldn’t be there on the day here’s all of the notes and resources used by our speakers: 160505 costs budgets presentation SG precedent-h-guidance-note 160505 Summary of Lynch handout notes JM Samantha Jones – Cost Talk – 05.05.2016
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Harmans Costs Brief – January 2016
It’s back – the first Costs Brief of 2016! Featuring analysis by Nishma Shah covering the thorny issue of proportionality plus Mat Knight asks when is it reasonable to recover costs of two separate firms acting for multiple Claimants in a case. We also cover fast track…
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Falling foul of proportionality by Nishma Shah
The recent case of Hobbs v Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC B20 (Costs), has highlighted a key consideration that the Court may take into account when assessing costs. The issue of proportionality is often a thorny one. It should be remembered…
