“While there is little public sympathy for solicitors the truth is that people will soon find it harder to claim compensation.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Newspapers likely to take action over regulations that will require huge payouts when stories are wrong.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman has described her shock after being found guilty of a public order offence for telling David Cameron he had ‘blood on his hands’.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Inter-authority Recoupment (England) Regulations 2013 have now been made and will come into force on 1 April 2013.”
Education Law Blog, 13th March 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
“In his monthly column, James Bickford Smith considers two judgments that illustrate the hazards of the commoditised litigation that will be transformed, for better or worse, by the Jackson reforms.”
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Littleton Chambers, 6th March 2013
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
“The provision of public order policing and crowd control, both before and after football matches, on land not owned, possessed or controlled by a football club did not constitute ‘special police services’ within the meaning of section 25(1) of the Police Act 1996, and therefore the police were not entitled to charge the football club for the cost of doing so.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A ‘violent’ man who coerced his mother into changing her will to leave him nearly all of her £350,000 fortune is facing a £110,000 legal bill after a judge set aside the will because of his ‘forceful’ nature.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are due to be sentenced for perverting the course of justice.”
BBC News, 11th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A landlord can still recover the cost of carrying out work on a property from
its tenants through a service charge even if the landlord does not comply with
statutory consultation requirements, provided that the tenants are not
‘prejudiced’ by the landlord’s actions, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th March 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“West Yorkshire Police has lost its appeal case over the costs of policing matches at Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium.”
BBC News, 7th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On the eve of costs budgeting becoming an integral aspect of multi-track case management, the Court of Appeal has caused controversy by reversing Senior Costs Judge Hirst’s tough decision in Henry v News Group Newspapers (SCCO) 28th May 2012).”
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Zenith Chambers, 12th February 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“After prolonged negotiations the case is settled – or so it seems. When acting for the Claimant you may say, ‘We haven’t got all we wanted but at least we’ve succeeded.’ For the Defendant you may say, ‘We’ve cut the Claimant down very considerably.’ Very often what then is said is ‘We’ve reached a compromise, no order as to costs’. That is altogether too simplistic a view of the situation.”
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Zenith Chambers, 14th February 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The Jackson reforms will leave ‘blood on the floor’ and a lack of resources behind the reforms will leave courts and judges ‘overwhelmed’ by the extra workload, Master Cook of the Queen’s Bench Division has predicted.”
Litigation Futures, 5th March 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Andrew Pack, care lawyer with Brighton & Hove City Council, considers the court’s powers to compel a local authority to meet the costs of a particular action.”
Family Law Week, 2nd March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A fish farmer who said his carp were eaten by otters has lost his £2m damages claim. Brian Dobson, 60, sued the Environment Agency after his business was ruined when an ‘otter haven’ was set up close to his fish farm near Bangor, Gwynedd.”
BBC News, 28th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A grandfather who frogmarched an 11-year-old boy home to his parents after suffering a campaign of vandalism has had to pay the youngster £50 compensation and has been convicted of assault.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Some solicitors are failing to advise divorcees to settle courtroom battles before costs rise out of control because of the ’emotional rawness’ of those involved, according to the legal ombudsman.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Innovation in family law services is working for consumers but could in time lead to mis-selling and hidden costs as complex financing and legal services structures emerge, the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has warned.”
Legal Futures, 28th February 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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