Legal Cost Specialists
Back in January 2010, I raised some concerns about the upcoming new RTA claims process. I wrote: “Much has been made of the fact that the level of fixed fee is set below the average amounts recovered by claimant lawyers under the current rules. Good news for defendants. But, and it may be premature to […]
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Hailsham Chambers have produced a series of podcasts of their latest Annual Costs Group Seminar. Highly recommended. Here is the Jackson Update:
Hailsham Chambers Annual Costs Group Seminar 2011 – Jackson Update Read More »
We looked the other day at whether VAT will be included or excluded from the 25% cap on damages that will apply to success fees. Looking again at the proposed changes to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill says: “The additional conditions are that— (a)
Success fee cap – What about counsel? Read More »
On Saturday I ran a workshop, together with specialist costs counsel Mark Friston, at the Bar Council’s Bar Contracting Conference on the impact of Jackson implementation for the Bar. I had not previously given much thought to this aspect of the proposals but it has thrown up some very interesting problems which I’ll share with
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I recently mentioned the fact that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill seemed to be strangely silent as to qualified one-way costs shifting, the 10% general damages uplift or proportionality changes. I am therefore grateful to Kerry Underwood for pointing out that the Government has made it clear that only the changes
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill – The missing bits Read More »
The Ministry of Justice has been busy setting up its new website containing information previously held on the Courts Service website. All well and good but it means the location of everything has changed and some information has been consigned to an archive website (again with different locations). This has meant that many of the
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I am grateful to Kerry Underwood for highlighting one unresolved aspect of Jackson implementation. Lord Justice Jackson recommended that, with an end to recoverability of success fees from paying parties, in personal injury cases there should a cap on the amount of damages that may be taken as a success fee from the client. He
Success fee cap – plus VAT? Read More »
Master Hurst has ruled in Motto & Others v Trafigura (SCCO, 29/06/2011) (click for judgment) that in a CFA funded case interest on costs should not begin to run until costs have been assessed, rather than the earlier date when judgment is given. This follows earlier decisions reaching the same conclusion, although not necessarily for
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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, implementing the Jackson proposals, comfortably passed its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday with no signs of a Common’s rebellion. However, I am grateful to Professor Dominic Regan’s Blog for pointing out that the act does not seem to deal with qualified one-way costs
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Lord Justice Henry’s held in Bailey v IBC Vehicles [1998] EWCA Civ 566 that: “The signature of the bill of costs under the Rules is effectively the certificate by an officer of the Court that the receiving party’s solicitors are not seeking to recover in relation to any item more than they have agreed to
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