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FIXED RECOVERABLE COSTS: LJ JACKSON’ S REPORT HERE:
See my blog: FIXED COSTS COURSE: LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT! Today, Monday 31 July is the last day to get the Early Bird Discount for my 10 city Autumn Fixed Costs Tour which can be booked here....
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FIXED COSTS REPORT OVERVIEW
This blog first appeared in Practical Law on 31 July. On 31 July 2017 Lord Justice Jackson’s Supplemental Report on Recoverable Fixed Costs was published and is available here. You can book for my 10...
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FIXED COSTS COURSE
Lord Justice Jackson’s Fixed Recoverable Costs Report was published on Monday 31 July 2017 and is available here. This course is my first detailed analysis of Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals and how...
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FIXED COSTS AND THE BAR: POST 2
You can now book onto my Fixed Costs Autumn Tour – here Lord Justice Jackson’s Fixed Recoverable Costs Report was published on 31 July 2017 and is available here. This is the second in a series of...
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FIXED COSTS AND PART 36: POST 3
You can now book onto my Fixed Costs Autumn Tour – here Lord Justice Jackson’s Fixed Recoverable Costs Report was published on 31 July 2017 and is available here. Generally Lord Justice Jackson reports...
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FIXED COSTS: THE FAST TRACK FIGURES: POST 4
You can now book onto my Fixed Costs Autumn Tour – here Lord Justice Jackson’s Fixed Recoverable Costs Report was published on 31 July 2017 and is available here. In other posts I look in detail at...
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PART 36: CLAIMANT ORDERED TO PAY INDEMNITY COSTS ON LATE ACCEPTANCE
This subject is dealt with in great detail in my book – Personal Injury Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs, running to three volumes and 1,300 pages and costing £80.00 and available from me here or...
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FIXED COSTS AND THE BAR: FURTHER THOUGHTS
You can book onto my Fixed Costs Autumn Tour – here Lord Justice Jackson’s Fixed Recoverable Costs Report was published on 31 July 2017 and is available here. This piece develops some thoughts...
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PART 36 AND INDEMNITY COSTS ON LATE ACCEPTANCE: THE CHAOS CONTINUES
I will be chairing an all-day conference on Tuesday 14 November in London on Part 36 which Ben Williams QC and David Pilling will be speaking. Save the date! In McKeown v Venton, Liverpool County...
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NEWS AND CASE ROUND-UP
As the title suggests this blog is a round-up of recent news and cases. There is a theme running through many of the recent cases, and that is the courts reclaiming the streets. I have reported...
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HOURLY RATES IN BUDGET CAN BE CUT ON ASSESSMENT
You can now book onto my Fixed Costs Autumn Tour – here In RNB v London Borough Newham [2017] EWHC B15 (Costs) The Senior Courts Costs Office Master said that the hourly rates in the Costs Budget could...
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PART 36 AND LATE ACCEPTANCE: EVEN MORE CHAOS
I will be chairing an all-day conference on Tuesday 14 November in London on Part 36 which Ben Williams QC and David Pilling will be speaking. Save the date! This subject is dealt with in great detail...
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TRIBUNALS: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
On 9 August 2017 the President of Employment Tribunals ordered a stay of all claims or applications brought in reliance upon the decision of the Supreme Court in R (on the applicator of UNISON) v Lord...
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JUDICIAL REVIEW AND FIXED COSTS: POST 5
You can now book onto my Fixed Costs Autumn Tour – here Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals in relation to Fixed Costs and Judicial Review (JR) are contained in chapter 10 of his report, and the full...
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SOLICITOR AND OWN CLIENT ASSESSMENTS: TWO NEW CASES
You can now book onto my Fixed Costs Autumn Tour – here This subject is dealt with in great detail in my book – Personal Injury Small Claims, Portals and Fixed Costs, running to three volumes and 1,300...
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LEGAL SERVICES CONSUMER PANEL: A DISGRACE
This organisation has form – see my blog LEGAL SERVICES CONSUMER PANEL: A BLOT ON THE LANDSCAPE. I said there that this useless, parasitic, publicly funded body should be scrapped overnight. It was...
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COSTS BUDGETING AND ASSESSMENT: RECENT CASES
COSTS BUDGETING – PRECEDENT H AND THE BILL OF COSTS By Robert Males, Managing Partner, Underwoods Solicitors In Woodburn v Thomas (Costs Budgeting) (2017) EWHC B16 (Costs) Master McCloud dealt with the...
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CASE ROUNDUP
COSTS ON APPLICATION BY NON-PARTY In Dring (on behalf of Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum (UK)) v Cape Distribution Ltd and others [2017] EWHC 2103 (QB) the High Court ordered that an interested...
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BAD NEWS FOR THIRD PARTY LITIGATION FUNDERS
There have been two pieces of bad news for third party litigation funders recently. On 23 May 2017 Ireland’s Supreme Court held that litigation funding is both a civil and criminal offence in Ireland....
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SERVICE ON INSURERS IS GOOD SERVICE ON DEFENDANT
In Batt v English, Winchester County Court, Claim number C10YJ382 Master Davison, sitting as a Recorder, held that service on solicitors who had said that they were instructed to accept service of...
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