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Harmans Costs Brief – July 2019
This month’s Costs Brief considers the historical development of Part 36 and the distinction between substantive proceedings and the costs of the assessment proceedings. The recovery of mediation costs is also covered along with the new discount rate for PI claims. Plus there are details…
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Supreme Court quashes Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunals Fees Order 2013
In R (on the application of UNISON) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51 a seven member Supreme Court unanimously allowed UNISON’s appeal and quashed the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunals Fees Order 2013. As a result, Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal fees…
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Harman Costs Brief – March 2017
Another busy month and lots to discuss, not least the new format bill of costs – Mat Knight takes a look below. We have also summarised the decision of Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust plus much more. We hope you find this latest instalment of Costs…
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Lord Chancellor announces changes to personal injury compensation payments
On 27th February, Elizabeth Truss announced her decision to lower the Discount Rate from 2.5% to minus 0.75% in accordance with the law and in her capacity as independent Lord Chancellor. The new discount rate will come into effect on 20 March 2017, following amendments to current…
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Government and judiciary outline plan for future expansion of fixed costs
This is a joint statement from The Lord Chancellor Liz Truss, Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas and the Senior President of Tribunals on their shared vision for the future of Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-our-justice-system-joint-statement The joint statement acknowledges that the proposed reforms would…
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Harmans Costs Brief – Summer 2016
Gary Knight asks who’d be a Costs Judge these days following several decisions being overturned on appeal. There’s also analysis of another recent interesting case in the Court of Appeal, plus the final report from Lord Justice Briggs following his review of the structure of…
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Liz Truss appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
It has just been announced that Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk and until today Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has been appointed as the new Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor taking over from Michael Gove. Gove,…
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Sir Terence Etherton to become next Master of the Rolls
Sir Terence Etherton has been chosen as the next Master of the Rolls and will take up the position in October this year when Lord Dyson retires, it has been announced. Sir Terence has been a High Court judge since January 2001, assigned to the…
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Supreme Court allows appeal over introduction of civil legal aid residence test
R (on the application of The Public Law Project) (Appellant) v Lord Chancellor (Respondent) Case ID: UKSC 2015/0255 The plan by the Ministry of Justice to introduce its controversial civil legal aid residence test through secondary legislation – the draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment…
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Gove: Lawyers must do more unpaid work!
Michael Gove has called on lawyers to devote more of their time to pro bono work, suggesting this would help to fill the gap in government cutbacks in legal aid. In his first speech since being appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice,…
