Strategy & Procedure
Civil justice, costs reforms and Jackson/LASPO update
Monthly round up of progress with the Jackson and associated civil justice reforms including updates on costs budgeting, court fees and Jackson in action.
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Latest portal RTA and casualty data
The latest portal RTA and casualty data has been released for the month of December 2013. This completes the data after a year of turbulence.
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More news on the start date for the forthcoming reforms
Whilst the further news on the kick-off date for the reforms that were all expected to happen this April is limited, it is worth looking at and seeing where we now stand.
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Legal Ombudsman warns of No Win-No Fee problems ahead
As 2014 begins some of the challenges being faced by claimant lawyers have come into sharper focus by the issue this week of the Legal Ombudsman’s report into No Win- No Fee Agreements.
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Costs: ADR – silence in face of invitation to mediate – unreasonable
Alexia Drew and Simon Mason review the Court of Appeal’s decision in PGF II SA v OMFS Co 1 Ltd (2013) to extend the Halsey guidelines. Parties who stay silent in response to an offer to enter into…
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Procedure: TCC – electronic disclosure
The Technology and Construction Solicitors Association have produced a draft e-disclosure protocol for adoption in TCC cases.
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Procedure: New judicial guidelines
The judiciary have produced two guides to assist litigants; an updated version of the Chancery Guide and a guide aimed at litigants in person.
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Procedure: costs – guideline hourly rates
The Civil Justice Council’s costs committee invited practitioners to supply evidence on guideline hourly rates. The call for evidence closed on 12 December 2013. The committee will now consider…
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Personal injury: Law Commission – 12th programme
The date for submissions for the 12th programme of law reform recently closed and DWF, together with FOIL and the ABI were one of 16 respondents calling for a change in the law applicable to fraud by…
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