Legal Cost Specialists
Whilst opening a recent copy of New Law Journal, a complimentary copy of Butterworths Civil Costs Newsletter fluttered out. Now, there’s obviously no such thing as too much legal costs information and so another publication devoted to the subject can be no bad thing. However, on the back of the newsletter was a form to […]
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Most Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) challenges follow a well-trodden path. However, occasionally a new variation arises where there is no authority directly on all fours. This happened in the recent case of Smith v Carpetright plc, heard by Regional Cost Judge Sparrow in Norwich County Court. The Claimant had entered into a CFA with Godfrey
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The Ministry of Justice has just announced that claimant and defendant representatives have “reached broad agreement on the detail” of the new Claims Process for RTA personal injury claims with a value of between £1,000 and £10,000. The Civil Justice Council has mediated an agreement on the fixed recoverable costs which will depend on which
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It seems that it’s not just defendant insurance companies that are unhappy about the legal costs that some lawyers charge, as this video shows: (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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The Gazette (click link) reports that the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has walked out of talks on extending fixed costs in personal injury cases. This mediation was put together at the request of Lord Justice Jackson as part of his Costs Review. It seems inevitable that his final report will include a recommendation
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The Claims for you (a trading name of Wixted & Co solicitors) website claims that they succeed in 98% of their accident claims. If true, this is an impressive success rate. However it does raise a number of issues: 1. Is this success rate not a reflection of the quality of the lawyers who work
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Lord Justice Jackson’s Preliminary Report on Civil Litigation Costs focuses on the perceived problems that have arisen in recent years in relation to legal costs: “There is no doubt that litigation over costs has increased dramatically in recent years, and that this growth is one of the driving factors behind the present review. Whilst many
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One of the more niche topics that Lord Justice Jackson’s Costs Review is examining is e-disclosure. This is a specialist area and I do not propose to comment on the issues and problems that arise. Rather, I would suggest that those readers who are interested in this topic visit The e-Disclosure Information Project website where
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My sources in the legal costs world inform me of the forthcoming publication of a new book on the subject of legal costs. This news may not immediately set the pulse racing, especially when I tell you that I am not the author. However, this book promises to be different from the established titles on
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The New Law Journal has just relaunched their website (and very nice it is too). They have a section devoted to legal costs (click link). Also available are some of the excellent costs articles from the costs team at Kings Chambers although the indexing could possibly do with a bit more work (why does the
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