‘In this article, Gordon Wignall discusses the position of funding in England and Wales post-Chapelgate, where the automatic protection of the Arkin ‘cap’ was lifted. He also discusses grounds for the introduction of litigation funding in Ireland.’
Six Pump Court, 17th April 2020
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘The courts are getting harder on parties who fail to follow directions to try alternative dispute resolution (ADR), with judges imposing indemnity costs in two cases in recent weeks.’
Litigation Futures, 16th April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has been tasked with reviewing the guideline hourly rates (GHR), it has emerged, with costs specialists urging it to revert to the old system of setting them locally.’
Litigation Futures, 17th April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has urged the Civil Procedure Rule Committee to consider preventing defendants setting off costs in cases covered by qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS).’
Litigation Futures, 14th April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court has rejected efforts by claimant law firms Leigh Day and Hausfeld to keep their actions against a Zambian copper mine operator separate, making a group litigation order (GLO) sought by the defendants.’
Litigation Futures, 8th April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A junior solicitor at the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) external advisers Capsticks lied about losing documents she was working on while acting for the regulator in a data protection case.’
Legal Futures, 6th April 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A claimant who issued proceedings after the defendant accepted a part 36 offer for £0 – which he said had been made by mistake – has had his claim struck out for abuse of process.’
Litigation Futures, 7th April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Personal injury firms should temporarily agree to accept service by email and freeze limitation periods, according to guidance issued to claimant and defendant lawyers today on the conduct of claims during the Covid-19 crisis.’
Litigation Futures, 1st April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘In his latest Costs article, Andrew Hogan discussed Costs in relation to Judicial review.’
Rope Walk Chambers, 31st March 2020
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘Sitting at Manchester County Court, HHJ Evans took the path less trodden and ordered a consultant spinal surgeon, acting as the Claimant’s expert witness in clinical negligence proceedings, to pay £88,800 to cover the costs wasted as a result of his input.’
Parklane Plowden, 4th March 2020
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in an appeal brought by a non-gendered person, Christie Elan-Cane, challenging the Government’s policy not to issue non gender-specific “X” passports to non-gendered, non-binary and other trans persons who do not identify as, or exclusively as, male or female.’
Blackstone Chambers, 10th March 2020
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘A judge was entitled to conclude that the appropriate course was to make no order for costs in a housing case where legal proceedings were withdrawn because the claimant had obtained all the relief she was seeking, the Court of Appeal has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘While words can mean different things to different people, in libel the parties are concerned with finding the single meaning the words complained of bear. Meaning is important, because it will determine to a large extent what defences a defendant could viably run (for example truth or honest opinion).’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th March 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The family of Jill Saward, the Ealing rape victim who became a leading figure in the fight against sexual violence, has donated thousands of pounds to a legal challenge against the Crown Prosecution Service.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A failure to spend the totality of a budgeted figure for a phase because of settlement is not in itself a good reason to depart from a costs budget, a regional costs judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 6th March 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The first case under the capped costs pilot reached trial last week, with the judge commending the parties for their “significant degree of collaboration” to make it work.’
Litigation Futures, 2nd March 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Practitioners will be familiar with cases where costs are assessed according to the principles applicable in different tracks. In such circumstances, Khan v Aviva is of practical assistance by reaffirming the court’s general discretion to award issue-based costs, despite the presence of more restrictive costs regimes. The case therefore provides a helpful route to resisting adverse costs orders.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 21st February 2020
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
‘A costs judge was entitled to find that a case that erroneously exited the portal would have done so legitimately at some stage and so the claimant was entitled to regular, rather than fixed, costs, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 27th February 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that a litigation funder can be exposed to higher costs than those they committed to backing a claim in a ruling that will send shock-waves through the sector.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th February 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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