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An audience with Lord Justice Jackson: reviewing costs management
Last week Lord Justice Jackson conducted a discussion in Leeds on how costs management is working in multi-track cases and what “tweaking” may be required to the costs management rules. The meeting…
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QOCS protection lost after finding of fundamental dishonesty at trial
Gabriel Fay has recently succeeded in obtaining an order disapplying the rules on Qualified One Way Costs Shifting due to a finding of fundamental dishonesty at trial.
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Costs Management Orders: first instance decisions or appellate court issues?
There have been two recent appeal decisions in relation to costs management orders. In Redfern v Corby Borough Council (2014) and Havenga v Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust & Anor (2014) the…
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Guidance on costs management: Yeo v Times Newspapers Ltd (2015)
Two of the most common issues to arise at costs management hearings are the extent to which the court can and should consider hourly rates, and whether contingencies are justified, necessary or…
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Success fee reduced from 100% to 30% in DWF catastrophic injury claim
The High Court has recently had to assess the appropriate success fee in a DWF catastrophic injury case where liability was admitted but there were complex arguments on causation. Sarah Mir who was…
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What amounts to unreasonable behaviour in the Small Claims track
In anticipation that there will be an increase in “self-lawyering” and with the coalition government stating that “extending the Small Claims track would be beneficial”, Advocate, Nick Thornsby takes…
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Non-Party Costs Orders
In this case the Court of Appeal considered whether the High Court Master was correct in his decision not to make a non-party costs order against the respondent solicitor. The Court of Appeal held…
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Should insurers still pay success fees and ATE premiums after Coventry v Lawrence?
Is the unexpected judgment of the Supreme Court in Coventry v Lawrence (No 2) from 23rd July, saying that the pre-LASPO regime involving recovery of success fees and ATE premiums from defendants may…
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Government looks to extend 'fundamental dishonesty'
The Government’s proposals to require courts to dismiss claims for personal injury in the event of a finding of “fundamental dishonesty” recently moved one step closer to becoming law. What has now…
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How do we now get some progress on hourly rates paid to claimants?
Yesterday saw the result of the year-long process of reviewing the emotive subject of what hourly rates should be paid to successful litigants and their lawyers in cases to which fixed costs do not…
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