Legal Cost Specialists
There has been a long-running debate on the Law Society’s LinkedIn Group on the question of “what do Solicitors Practices really have to tweet about”. I have to admit that I have never really understood the whole Twitter concept, especially for a law firm (and this would include law costs draftsmen). There are a number […]
Dominic Regan’s Blog tips Mark Friston as one of a handful of spectacular prospects at the junior bar who will soon become silks. Dr Friston is also about to be elevated to Costs Lawyer status. I wonder which prospect excites him most.
The next costs QC? Read More »
Dr Christopher Hodges and Professor Stefan Vogenauer of Oxford University have just published a major international study into litigation funding and costs. The project has already proven influential in contributing to the Review of Civil Litigation Costs in England and Wales conducted by Lord Justice Jackson earlier this year. The authors go on to recommend
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Legal Futures reports: “The government is set to take forward Lord Young’s proposals to extend the road traffic claims process to all low-value personal injury and clinical negligence cases, while the Jackson reforms are imminent, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed [on Monday]. Publishing its business plan and milestones for 2011-15 for consultation as part
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I recently received an email from a costs draftsman that had the following words at the bottom: Sent from my iPhone As you can imagine, I was suitably impressed. My mobile phone is only one step up from a tin can and one end of a long piece of string. Only with worse reception. However,
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This month’s edition of Costs Lawyer magazine contains at article from the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen’s Chairman Iain Stark continuing the discussion on the issue, raised by an earlier article by District Judge Hill, of whether independent law costs draftsmen, who are not costs lawyers, are able to appear in court. (See my previous
The costs lawyer's office cat Read More »
The predictable costs regime allows for costs in excess of fixed fees to be allowed in certain circumstances under CPR 45.12(1): “The court will entertain a claim for an amount of costs (excluding any success fee or disbursements) greater than the fixed recoverable costs but only if it considers that there are exceptional circumstances making
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What does the Young Report mean for the legal profession, the insurance industry and the legal costs world? Lord Young recommends the implementation of Lord Justice Jackson’s Costs Report: “It is my firm belief that the government should adopt Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals as soon as possible” The Government has approved the Young Report with
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How I hate Halloween. Whenever I go to a Halloween fancy dress party I invariably end up wearing something that turns about to be totally inappropriate. For three consecutive years I dressed as an historical figure from different countries. Italy, Spain and Germany respectively. You have no idea what divisive characters Mussolini, Franco and Hitler
What ever happened to Colin Poole, chief executive of Claims Direct? We know what happened to Mark Langford, the former boss of the Accident Group (TAG). Although, The Times comment that he “lived life in the fast lane” (see link) did appear a bit tasteless under the circumstances. There must still be one or two
Catching up with old friends Read More »