FIXED COSTS: GRADES OF SOLICITORS AND LENGTH OF CALL OF COUNSEL
This is all dealt with in my new book – Personal Injury Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs which will be out in March. This is three volumes and over 1,300 pages. You can pre-order your copy at a...
View ArticlePERSONAL INJURY REFORMS ANNOUNCED!
These reforms will all come in on 1 October 2018. This is all dealt with in my new book – Personal Injury Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs which will be out in March. This is 3 volumes and over...
View ArticlePERSONAL INJURY REFORMS COURSE – 2017 TOUR
PERSONAL INJURY REFORMS COURSE – 2017 TOUR Book here now! This course looks in detail at the personal injury reforms following the Government’s announcement on 23 February 2017. An early bird...
View ArticleWASTED COSTS & NON-PARTY COSTS ORDERS AGAINST SOLICITORS: 5 NEW CASES
There has been a flurry of recent cases concerning wasted costs orders and non-party costs orders, including non-party costs orders against solicitors. Wasted costs orders can only be made against...
View ArticleMIB CAVE IN FOLLOWING MY BLOG
On 8 February 2017 I posted a blog – NEW MIB UNTRACED DRIVERS SCHEME: INSURERS AT IT AGAIN. I was highly critical of clause 10(1) which I refer to as “a deliberate exclusion of solicitors from the...
View ArticlePROPORTIONALITY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE: ANOTHER CASE FOR FIXED COSTS
In Andrew Rezek-Clarke v Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC B5 the Senior Courts Costs Office considered the costs in a clinical negligence case which had settled for £3,250.00....
View ArticleAFTER-THE-EVENT INSURANCE: TWO NEW CASES
ATE and security for costs In The RBS Rights Issue Litigation [2017] EWHC 463 (Ch) the court ordered the claimants to give details of funders under the court’s inherent jurisdiction ancillary to...
View ArticlePART 36: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE OTHER SIDE’S OFFER IS BETTER THAN YOUR OWN?
I am trekking in the Sahara Desert to raise money for the Lord’s Taverners’ cricket charity for disabled and disadvantaged children. If you find my blogs helpful how about making a donation? All...
View ArticleCREDIT HIRE AND PHYSIOTHERAPY: COURTS CUT CLAIMS
I am trekking in the Sahara Desert to raise money for the Lord’s Taverners’ cricket charity for disabled and disadvantaged children. If you find my blogs helpful how about making a donation? All...
View ArticleRIGHTS OF AUDIENCE AT STAGE 3 HEARING
I am trekking in the Sahara Desert to raise money for the Lord’s Taverners’ cricket charity for disabled and disadvantaged children. If you find my blogs helpful how about making a donation? All...
View ArticleFIXED RECOVERABLE COSTS FOR EVERYTHING: BRING IT ON!
I am trekking in the Sahara Desert to raise money for the Lord’s Taverners’ cricket charity for disabled and disadvantaged children. If you find my blogs helpful how about making a donation? All...
View ArticleWITHDRAWING PART 36 OFFER BY EMAIL
I deal with Part 36 on my Spring 2017 Personal Injury Reforms Course – click here for more information and to book – and in my new 3 volume book – Personal Injury Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs...
View ArticleRECOVERABILITY OF ADDITIONAL LIABILITIES: FOUR NEW CASES: TWO SUPREME COURT...
I deal with success fee and ATE recoverability on my Spring 2017 Personal Injury Reforms Course – click here for more information and to book. Earlier this month I completed an 8 day trek in the...
View ArticleCOURT FEES: CLAIM NOT LIMITED TO AMOUNT IN CLAIM FORM
This is dealt with in my new book – Personal Injury Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs. This is three volumes and over 1,300 pages. For more information and to order a copy please click here....
View ArticleINDEMNITY COSTS: A RECENT CASE
I include a roundup of recent cases in relation to costs and funding in my Personal Injury Reforms Course which can be booked here. Earlier this month I completed an 8 day trek in the Sahara Desert...
View ArticlePART 36 AND INTEREST
I deal with this in my Personal Injury Reforms Course which can be booked here. Earlier this month I completed an 8 day trek in the Sahara Desert to raise money for the Lord’s Taverners cricket charity...
View ArticleCICA CLAIMS AND COURT CLAIMS
I deal with this in my Personal Injury Reforms Course which can be booked here. Earlier this month I completed an 8 day trek in the Sahara Desert to raise money for the Lord’s Taverners cricket...
View ArticleELECTRONIC FILING: SERVICE LEVELS
Earlier this month I completed an 8 day trek in the Sahara Desert to raise money for the Lord’s Taverners cricket charity for disadvantaged children. Please go here if you would like to make a...
View ArticleEXTENDED FIXED COSTS PILOT SCHEME
Last month I completed an 8 day trek in the Sahara Desert to raise money for the Lord’s Taverners cricket charity for disadvantaged children. Please go here if you would like to make a donation. HHJ...
View ArticlePART 36 AND FIXED COSTS
This article first appeared on the Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog on 27 April 2017. I deal with this subject in my forthcoming lecture tour – click here for information and my new three volume...
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