Legal Cost Specialists
The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen, when responding to concerns about the recent changes being made to the membership structure and qualification requirements, stated: “The rights which [the ALCD] will regulate include rights of audience and rights to provide legal services, and may in due course include the right to practise reserved legal activities. This
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A further definition from The (Alternative) Legal Costs Dictionary: Regional Costs Judge n. a District Judge who, after a night of heavy drinking, thought they were volunteering to organise a wine tasting trip to the Loire Valley and is subsequently too embarrassed to admit their mistake or that they do not know the first thing
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So, has the new road traffic accident claims process been a success from a defendant perspective? This month’s edition of Litigation Funding refers to figures from AXA showing they are admitting liability within 15 days in 61% of cases and costs have fallen by £200 a claim. Admitting liability promptly is obviously a crucial aspect
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The last of Jackson LJ’s Civil Costs Review Seminars was concerned with the detailed assessment procedure. There was overwhelming, if not unanimous, support for the introduction of provisional assessments of costs on paper. In the recent Written Ministerial Statement by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jonathan Djanogly MP), confirming that the Government planned to
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The Practice Directions to the Supreme Court Rules 2009 have been updated with new guideline hourly rate figures for the provisional assessment of costs. Funnily enough, they are identical to those for summary assessment in other courts. For those who keep pretending that the Guideline Hourly Rates are only relevant for low value fast-track claims,
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Not long ago I commented on the perceived differences in the skills of specialist costs counsel compared with costs lawyers and concluded that the latter could not realistically expect to compete with the former. The comments that were made on the post suggest that I am not alone in this view. You can therefore imagine
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A review of Dr Mark Friston’s Civil Costs: Law and Practice, although its probably a bit late as I assume all readers of the Legal Costs Blog already have a copy: [youtube]5myzugtM9cM[/youtube] (If you receive the Legal Costs Blog via email you made need to adjust your security settings to view the video.)
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Whenever a legal costs dispute arises you can be sure that our old friend the indemnity principle is never far behind. There has been a long line of case law on this subject where the costs are actually being funded by a third party such as a trade union or legal expenses insurer. The Court
Ghadami v Lyon Cole – Indemnity principle challenge Read More »
The following account subsequently formed the basis for an employers liability claim supported by a conditional fee agreement. With a fixed 25% success fee obviously. [youtube]zZUJLO6lMhI[/youtube] (If you receive the Legal Costs Blog via email you made need to adjust your security settings to view the video.)
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Continuing with our occasional series of responses to the Jackson Costs Review from the “great and the good” in the legal and costs world is Dominic Regan. Dominic is a legal writer, broadcaster and speaker on civil litigation matters. He is professor at City University London and a member of the Civil Justice Costs Committee.
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