Legal Cost Specialists

July 2013

Court dress code

The Telegraph reports: “In Blackpool, the heat on Friday had got to two young women who arrived at the magistrates court for a hearing. The women were refused entry because they were wearing only bikinis – not considered appropriate attire for a court. ‘Their dress option was inappropriate despite the heatwave,’ said a court spokesman.

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Sanction for failing to make open offer in assessment proceedings

The latest Costs Law Reports newsletter reports: “Moreover, alert practitioners are already seeking to punish paying parties who fail to provide with their points of dispute an open letter setting out the sum they are willing to offer in settlement (see Practice Direction para 8.3 to CPR 47.9). Applications to strike out points of dispute

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