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		<title>Should no-win, no-fee be banned?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Has the Guardian newspaper gone mad? Well, obviously yes, but nothing new there. Rather, what incoherent drivel is their latest poll? The headline reads: “Should no-win, no-fee be banned?” It then continues: “The legal aid bill proposes altering conditional fee agreements so that successful claimants will have to pay their own lawyers' fees. Lord Prescott [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open offers in detailed assessment proceedings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The forthcoming changes to the Costs Practice Direction substitute for paragraph 35.3: “The paying party must state in an open letter accompanying the points of dispute what sum, if any, it offers to pay in settlement of the total costs claimed. The paying party may also make an offer under Part 36.” I really don’t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gwslaw.co.uk/2012/02/open-offers-in-detailed-assessment-proceedings/</link>
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		<title>New Points of Dispute format</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The upcoming changes to the Costs Practice Direction include amendments to the rules concerning Points of Dispute. The current CPD 35.2 reads: "Points of dispute should be short and to the point and should follow as closely as possible Precedent G of the Schedule of Costs Precedents annexed to this Practice Direction." This is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liability for detailed assessment costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Justice Jackson's recent lecture on Assessment of Costs in the Brave New World reveals a number of important forthcoming amendments to the CPR and Costs Practice Direction. One of the big changes it to scrap the current CPR 47.18 and 47.19, concerning liability for detailed assessment costs, and substitute these with: “47.18 (1) The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gwslaw.co.uk/2012/01/liability-for-detailed-assessment-costs/</link>
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		<title>Jackson postponed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has announced that implementation of the Jackson reforms in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill has been put back six months to April 2013, whilst remaining committed to the reforms.]]></description>
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		<title>Boom or bust for litigation numbers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Dismore, co-ordinator of the Access to Justice Action Group, recently wrote a letter to the Guardian newspaper predicting that “there will be at least 25% fewer claimants” as a result of the proposed changes to the no win, no fee system. This is the same Andrew Dismore who recently predicted, in relation to clinical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gwslaw.co.uk/2012/01/boom-or-bust-for-litigation-numbers/</link>
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		<title>Provisional assessment pilot hailed a success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Provisional Assessment Pilot, only one year into the two year pilot, has been hailed a success by Lord Justice Jackson (see Report on the Provisional Assessment Pilot). He recommends that it is rolled out nationally. The scheme covers bills up to £25,000. The first thought is how are junior law costs draftsmen and costs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gwslaw.co.uk/2012/01/provisional-assessment-pilot-hailed-a-success/</link>
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		<title>Controlling Third Party Solicitors&#8217; Costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be speaking at the CIPFA Insurance Network’s conference Effective Claims Handling and Implementing Successful Approaches to Reducing Insurance Claims and Costs covering the subject of Controlling Third Party Solicitors' Costs. This will be held in London on 14 March 2012 and in Leeds on 21 March 2012. There are just a limited number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gwslaw.co.uk/2012/01/controlling-third-party-solicitors-costs/</link>
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		<title>Listing fee payable once only</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned the other day the fact that the court hearing fee is refundable in whole or in part where a matter settles a certain number of days before the hearing. I am grateful to Murray Heining for reminding me of the other schoolboy error to watch out for. This is the fact that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gwslaw.co.uk/2012/01/listing-fee-payable-once-only/</link>
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		<title>Costs law update from 4 New Square</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Costs Law Articles Archive section of&#160;Legal Costs Central has been updated with the latest Costs Update written by Nicholas Bacon QC, Roger Mallalieu and Daniel Saoul from 4 New Square chambers.&#160; This includes coverage of legal aid reform, the Trafigura litigation and Part 36 offers.&#160; Thanks to 4 New Square.]]></description>
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