Legal Cost Specialists
Evidence from Berlin shows a clear correlation between the human birth rate and the stork population, thus proving that storks bring babies. Or is this faulty logic? I wonder if we can find some other examples. Step forward the Access to Justice Action Group (AJAG) and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Here are
No win, no fee; no stork, no baby Read More »
Comment appearing on Linkedin discussion forum concerning Jackson implementation: “As a scots lawyer I am reluctant to intrude upon private grief but we have never had CFA’s in Scotland nor recoverable ATE premiums and the world has so far as I am aware from the increasing volume of claims from Scottish claimant solicitors, not yet
A wee bit of common sense Read More »
[youtube]j2jNLwg_C4Y[/youtube] Does this mean that Jackson is karma in action for claimant personal injury lawyers? You may need to adjust your security settings or view online if you receive the Legal Costs Blog via email.
Getting what they deserve? Read More »
Lisa Wright, barrister at 4 King’s Bench Walk, recently wrote a couple of interesting articles in the New Law Journal (18 February 2011 and 15 & 22 April 2001) on costs in RTA infant approval hearings. The second article dealt with costs under the new fixed costs regime under CPR 45.27 to 45.40. The article,
Costs in infant approval hearings Read More »
The debate as to whether non-Costs Lawyer costs draftsmen can appear before the courts on detailed assessment continues to rumble on. Although a further detailed analysis of this issue will have to wait for another day, I will briefly pick-up on some observations recently made in an article in Costs Lawyer magazine on the subject.
Discretionary rights of audience? Read More »
Jennifer James writing in the New Law Journal on love and the law: “Work colleagues who get together in what they alone believe to be a secret affair (while everyone else is placing bets on how it will end) are just one example; barristers and/or solicitors becoming entangled, sometimes literally, with experts, clients and (less
Costs draftsmen romance Read More »
Geoffrey Bindman, ex-lawyer for Private Eye, writing in New Law Journal: “My initial inexperience of libel law did not prove a disadvantage. Nor – contrary to the belief encouraged by a coterie of specialist libel lawyers who have built up a lucrative cottage industry – was it a difficult area of law. The key skill
Hourly rates for libel lawyers Read More »
Jon Robins had a recent piece in the New Law Journal discussing how deregulation will affect the legal services market. This examined how consumers choose between providers of legal services and the concept of quality. The article quoted from some comments taken from a recent report by the Legal Services Consumer Panel (Quality in Legal
Quality law costs draftsmen Read More »
John Foy QC, of 9 Gough Square, and Dominic Regan are giving a free one hour seminar on Costs and Jackson at 5.30pm on 17th May 2011 in London. Rather short notice but apparently they still have some free spaces. Email Andrew Grosvenor: agrosvenor@9goughsquare.co.uk if you are interested.
Free costs seminar Read More »
Dominic Regan’s blog summarising Motto & Ors v Trafigura Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 90201 (Costs): “£107,707,772.72 – That was the amount of the bill presented by Leigh Day to the defendants in the Trafigura pollution injury claims where it was ultimately accepted that most claimants had flu like symptoms. … Please do not mention
Proportionate bill of costs? Read More »