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EXAGGERATION = FRAUD – KEY COURT OF APPEAL CASE
EXAGGERATION = FRAUD – KEY COURT OF APPEAL CASE The Court of Appeal has said that exaggerating injuries for financial gain is fraud. This is a very important decision that suggests that the...
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INDUCEMENTS IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES
INDUCEMENTS IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES Sections 58 to 61 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 introduce rules against inducements to bring personal injury claims. These are largely uncontroversial...
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CFAS: NEVER NAME THE DEFENDANT!
The issues raised in this blog are dealt with in Kerry’s course Fixed Recoverable Costs and Portals – book here. Four courts have reached four different conclusions in cases where the wrong defendant...
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QUALIFIED ONE WAY COSTS SHIFTING : UNIFIED
Includes all previous pieces and is up to date to 1 December 2015. This forms the basis of Kerry’s all day course on this subject in spring 2016 here. INTRODUCTION If you never put a foot wrong as...
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WASTED COSTS AND NON-PARTY COSTS ORDERS: UNIFIED
This piece brings together all other pieces and is correct and complete up to 1 December 2015. Look here for Kerry’s new course on this subject. COSTS AGAINST LAWYERS General The power of the...
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KERRY’S BLOGS: A GUIDE
This is a guide to my blogs and is updated daily. Click on the blog title to go to that blog. Kerry’s 60th Birthday Tour! What it says on the tin – click here to book for the March to May 2016 mega...
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ASSIGNMENT OF CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENTS: UNIFIED
This piece brings together all other pieces and is correct and complete up to 1 December 2015. Look here for Kerry’s new course. This is one of the elephants in the Jackson room, entirely unaddressed...
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JACKSON’S CHILDREN: UPDATED: CHILDREN, PATIENTS, COSTS AND DEDUCTIONS FROM...
This piece brings together all other pieces and is correct and complete up to 1 December 2015. Look here for Kerry’s new course. The words on the door of The Old Bailey read “Defend the Children of...
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SECTION 57 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS ACT 2015 – UPDATED
Kerry deals with Section 57 in detail in his courses on Qualified One Way Costs Shifting. Click here for details and booking form. Get 20% Early Bird Discount until 12 midnight tomorrow 18 December...
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2016: SOME PREDICTIONS
Fred, who once stepped in at short notice to take the minutes at the Rutland West Junior Lawyers’ Division Social Events subcommittee, will be the Law Society Gazette’s Legal Personality of the year....
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INSURERS, THIRD PARTY CAPTURE AND MUCH MORE: GAVIN EDMONDSON CONSIDERED
INSURERS, THIRD PARTY CAPTURE AND MUCH MORE: GAVIN EDMONDSON CONSIDERED In Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Company Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1230 the Court of Appeal in allowing the...
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KERRY’S NEW BOOK ON QOCS: A TRAILER!
Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting, Section 57 and Set-Off Kerry’s New Book on QOCS – Booking Form – Click Here PRE – PUBLICATION REVIEWS I read this compelling book in one sitting .Those who work in...
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NHSLA 2014/15: ANOTHER DISINGENUOUS REPORT TO PARLIAMENT
NHSLA 2014/15: ANOTHER DISINGENUOUS REPORT TO PARLIAMENT In its Annual Report to Parliament, published by the House of Commons on 16 July 2015 the National Health Service Litigation Authority has its...
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INSURERS AT IT AGAIN (LOST COUNT)
INSURERS AT IT AGAIN (LOST COUNT) MARKERSTUDY GROUP A claims handler contacted a Solicitor’s client direct after receipt of the Claim Notification Form showing details of the client’s Solicitor. The...
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KERRY’S 60th BIRTHDAY TOUR SPRING 2016
KERRY’S 60th BIRTHDAY TOUR SPRING 2016 SMALL CLAIMS LIMIT Book here now! In view of Mr Osborne’s announcement Kerry will deal with small claims in the re-titled course, Small Claims, Portals and...
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KERRY’S NEW BOOK ON QOCS – A TRAILER!
Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting, Section 57 and Set-Off To book a place on Kerry’s course on QOCS click here Kerry’s New Book on QOCS – Booking Form – click here PRE – PUBLICATION REVIEWS I read this...
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KERRY’S NEW BOOK – SELECTED WRITINGS – A TRAILER
Kerry’s New Book on Selected Writings – Booking Form – click here These are selected pieces that I have written for legal journals and my blog, with contributions from Andrew Twambley, dealing with the...
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FIXED COSTS IN A FIX
Click here for details of Kerry’s spring courses on Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs I now deal with this in much more detail in Fixed Costs and Part 36 Fixed costs do not apply when a claimant...
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FIXED COSTS AND PART 36
Click here for details of Kerry’s spring courses on Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs, where he looks at this point. A key and unanswered question is whether a claimant who matches or beats her...
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FEES AND FEE REMISSIONS
In Lewis and Others v Ward Hadaway [2015] EWHC 3530 (Ch) the Chancery Division of the High Court held that issuing a claim form with the statement of value lower than the true value of the claim, and...
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