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Law Society: Public bodies should pay costs plus a surcharge if decisions are overturned
Public authorities including councils should pay the costs of claimants to the legal aid fund together with a surcharge where their administrative decisions are overturned by courts and tribunals, the Law Society has proposed. The proposal is part of a wider paper Chancery Lane has…
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Legal Costs Update #4: Case Law Review
April showers April showers produced the darling buds of May and we now look forward to a flaming June. The General Election has been and gone and what impact the result will have on the legal landscape dominates the legal websites and blogs. What is…
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Harmans Costs Brief – January 2015
Fresh for 2015 – Costs Brief is back! Featuring a Legal Costs update from Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight, analysis from Nishma Shah on recovering insurance premiums post LASPO and much more. http://eepurl.com/bbnhH9
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Recovering insurance premiums post-LASPO
Under section 46 of LASPO, for the vast majority of ATE Policies incepted or issued from April 2013 onwards, the premium will no longer be recoverable from the losing Opponent. There are some exceptions to this rule, in that Asbestos related disease claims and publication…
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Harmans Costs Brief – October 2014
Read our latest Costs Brief covering all the latest industry developments including the impending introduction of J-Codes, the latest CPR updates as well as relief from sanctions allowed on Appeal. It also covers Legal Aid work in family cases and features an article by one of our…
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Legal aid work in family cases drops 27% compared to the same quarter last year
According to figures published by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), legal aid work in family cases has dropped 27% compared to the same quarter last year. The category of family legal aid covers work on both private and public law and includes work associated…
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Harmans Costs Brief – September 2014
Costs Brief is back after a summer break and as usual is full of the latest industry news and comment on Costs. We’ve got an article on requesting oral hearings in relation to the provisional assessment process, details of the proposed fixed report fees for whiplash…
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Supreme Court issues stark human rights costs warning
A long-running nuisance dispute may have a profound effect on parties’ liabilities for costs in cases fought under the pre-LASPO regime, the Supreme Court has warned. Although the Supreme Court reserved its final decision on how to proceed until future representations had been obtained, Neuberger…
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NHSLA Annual Review Report and accounts 2013/2014
The new NHSLA Annual Review Report and accounts 2013/14 has confirmed a challenging and “unprecedented number of new clinical negligence claims” for the NHS, NHSLA teams and their Legal Panel, whilst simultaneously bemoaning the current cost scenarios post-Jackson which they allege are frequently arising in…
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The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (“LASPO”)
The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (“LASPO”) LASPO represents the most profound change in the provision of Legal Aid for decades. It repealed the Legal Aid aspects of the Access to Justice Act 1999 and brought in an entirely new statutory…
