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Legal costs update by Gary Knight
As prepared by Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight for the next edition of Litigation Funding magazine. October 2018 saw a flurry of costs related decisions and I could not bid farewell to 2018 without comment: Stephen John Culliford (1) Dawn Lane (2) -v- Jocelyn…
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Harmans Costs Brief – December 2016
Welcome to the December Costs Brief, the final issue of 2016. Partner Gary Knight has provided a thorough costs update with a particular focus on ATE and we’ve also looked at the decision of Costs Judge Jennifer James in the matter of Briggs vs First…
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Harmans Costs Brief – October 2016
Welcome to the October issue of Costs Brief. We’re busy preparing for our next seminar at The Law Society in London, date to be confirmed imminently, so watch this space! As usual, we’ve also covered the latest industry news including a costs update from Partner…
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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…
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Legal Costs Update #5: Key Developments
Whilst December may have been the holiday season with thoughts of well earned down time with family and friends there were still matters to be determined by the Courts and the following matters may justify consideration during the early weeks of the New Year LINDA…
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Harmans Costs Brief – May 2015
Costs Brief is back! What a busy few weeks – we hosted our most popular costs seminar to date, we walked the London Legal Walk and we are delighted to announce our new Partner Sara Gould. There’s also tons of articles including the recent Part 36…
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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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Legal Costs Update #3: Costs & Procedure
The mild winter appears to have been reflected in the judgments handed down; the odd chill but compared to previous years nothing yet of great concern. CIP Properties (AIPT) Ltd v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd and Various Other Parties –Coulson J – 29/10/2014 [2014] EWHC…
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Legal Costs Update by Gary Knight
Following a winter of discontent the decision of the Court of Appeal in the matter of Denton brought a sunnier outlook, if not glorious summer, for under fire Solicitors with green shoots of common sense springing up almost every where. Denton is dealt with elsewhere…
