Legal Cost Specialists
One of Jackson LJ’s proposals is for fixed costs for all stages of all fast-track matters. He concluded that this would produce savings in its own right as: “Claimant solicitors will no longer have to maintain documentation required for costs assessment” This is presumably on the basis that it will not be necessary to time […]
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Litigation Funding recently reported on the Motor Accident Solicitors Society annual conference which had heard of problems concerning uncertainty surrounding the RTA claims process. These included whether bus passengers or multi-vehicle accidents are in the process. It’s a while since I looked at the rules in any detail but what is there to suggest that
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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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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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So, has the new road traffic accident claims process been a success from a defendant perspective? This month’s edition of Litigation Funding refers to figures from AXA showing they are admitting liability within 15 days in 61% of cases and costs have fallen by £200 a claim. Admitting liability promptly is obviously a crucial aspect
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Following on from the Legal Service Board’s recent report into referral fees, which concluded that there was no evidence that referral fees caused consumer detriment, is the Legal Services Consumer Panel’s report which called for greater disclosure of referral fees and better regulation, but found that the payments do have a place in the legal
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I had prepared a detailed post advising readers of the Legal Costs Blog which party they should vote for in the General Election. Unfortunately, due to a technical problem, the post did not appear. Readers will now have to wait for the next election before discovering my political views. Professor Dominic Regan, in his blog,
Jackson hung out to dry? Read More »
The Law Society Gazette has reported problems on the launch of the new RTA Claims Process portal. If only there had been some way to predict this.
Portal of Doom runs into problems Read More »
We are always looking for interesting content for our readers and the Legal Costs Blog is absolutely delighted to have obtained an exclusive article from specialist costs counsel Kevin Latham and Mark Friston of Kings Chambers. This article covers the new Road Traffic Accident Protocol. This is the most comprehensive review of the scheme we
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I am going to do something that does not come naturally to me. I have going to admit I was wrong. Worse than that, I am going to have to admit to being wrong about three things. This whole process is so traumatic that I am going to have to stagger this over several days.