Expert Witness
GWS partner Simon Gibbs acted as an expert witness in the field of the legal costs industry in the case of Andrew Reid v Capita Group. The case recently settled on confidential terms.
Contingency Fees
The past year has seen a plethora of announcements as to major reviews into the future of the legal costs system. However, given the damp squib that emerged from the new Claims Process proposals one does wonder whether the current Government really has any appetite for a major overhaul of the system. Nevertheless, one of
15th Annual Solicitors Costs Conference
We are pleased to be able to announce that Simon Gibbs of GWS as been invited for the second year running to be a speaker at the prestigious CLT Annual Solicitors Costs Conference. He will be speaking on the subject of “Personal Injury – The New Claims Process”. The event will be held on 30th
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Accident Line Protect – The final (?) decision
Earlier today judgment was handed down in the long-awaited Accident Line Protect (ALP) Test Cases (reported as Tankard v John Fredricks Plastics Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1375. In previous Costs Law Updates we have been following the progress of these cases but will outline again the main issues. These challenges centred around the issue of
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Tumultuous period for costs draftsmen continues
Click through to an article published in the Gazette on the uncertain future facing costs draftsmen.
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Munich Re – Annual Claims Managers’ Seminar
GWS were this year’s guest speakers at Munich Re’s prestigious Annual Claims Managers’ Seminar.
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New Appointment – Emily Fraser
We are delighted to announce that Emily Fraser has joined GWS. She was called to the Bar in 2005 and was previously Costs Advocate with Legal Costs Negotiators Ltd. Emily has a strong background in dealing with technical costs matters and a broad range of advocacy experience, particularly in high value claims including clinical negligence
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Costs Capping Consultation
It has been recognised for some time now that the Courts have the power to make costs capping orders that limit in advance the amount of costs that a party can incur in litigation. The crucial question has been how readily the courts would use this power. There are two contrasting views. One being that
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The price of justice: gratis
The case of Berry v Spousals (Midlands) Limited & Cape Darlington – (Birmingham CC) 24/4/07 concerned an asbestos related claim which settled for £5,000. The sticking point was the costs. As the judge commented on the subsequent costs appeal: “I will wager that the parties here, their lawyers, have spent more time dealing with and
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Accident Line Protect
In our recent Costs Law Updates we have been following the progress of challenges to the validity of CFAs entered into through the Law Society approved Accident Line Protect (ALP) Scheme. These challenges centre around the issue of whether there had been a breach of Regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) of the now revoked CFA Regulations 2000, which
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