Costs Department pay cut
RollOnFriday has reported rumours that at Shakespeares solicitors: “Some staff in the costs department have seen their pay drop by nearly £10,000.” The shape of things to come?
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RollOnFriday has reported rumours that at Shakespeares solicitors: “Some staff in the costs department have seen their pay drop by nearly £10,000.” The shape of things to come?
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I recently came across the following on another costs related blog (note the capitalisation): “The Guideline Hourly Rates ARE DESIGNED FOR FAST TRACK CASES.” Poppycock. The 2010 Guideline Rates for Grade A fee earners in the City is £409 per hour. A bottle of champagne to the first reader who can send me a transcript
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I note the commentary to the White Book’s 2013 Cumulative First Supplement states, in relation to provisional assessment: “The Civil Procedure Rule Committee decided that as from April 1, 2013 the rules should apply in England and Wales and that the monetary limit should be £75,000. There are two potential problems with this. One is
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Interesting issue raised by specialist costs counsel Paul Hughes: Can parties agree to extend time for service of Points of Dispute? The answer may not be as obvious as you would first think.
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I am grateful to Professor Dominic Regan, writing in Litgation Funding magazine, for providing some welcome clarification on how the new proportionality test will work in practice: “No one has a clue.”
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CPR 3.13 states: “Unless the court otherwise orders, all parties except litigants in person must file and exchange budgets as required by the rules or as the court otherwise directs. Each party must do so by the date specified in the notice served under rule 26.3(1) or, if no such date is specified, seven days
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I recently mentioned the application I successfully opposed to have point of dispute struck out due to a failure to make an open offer when serving the points of dispute. You will therefore imagine the no small sense of irony I felt when a week later I found myself opposing an application for relief from
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I recently drafted Points of Dispute that contained the following dispute: “It is noted that work is claimed relating to funding (eg items 7 and entries on 13/9/11 (fourth) under documents) despite clear Court of Appeal authority from 2011 (see paragraphs 108, 114 and 145 of Motto v Trafigura Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1150) that
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