‘In Ballard v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 370 (QB) Mr Justice Foskett had to consider the issue of what costs consequences, if any, should follow from the claimant’s failure to beat a Part 36 offer which had been withdrawn, the defendant having gone on to make a second, lower, offer.’
Zenith Chambers, 1st March 2018
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has disapplied qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) for part of a failed claim by a solicitor that Oxford University was to blame for a worse-than-expected degree that he said has affected his career to date.’
Litigation Futures, 20th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The proportion of applications to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal by litigants in person (LiPs) has gone up by 50% in the last 10 years, the Master of the Rolls has said.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘UKIP has been ordered to pay £175,000 in legal costs over a defamation case brought by three South Yorkshire Labour MPs.’
BBC News, 19th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A solicitor whose corporate client had a summary judgment entered against them because he failed to attend a court hearing, has been struck off after making a false statement denying he knew about it in advance.’
Litigation Futures, 19th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘There is no chance of a leading US firm recovering anything like fees that range from £946 an hour for a partner to £282 for a trainee, when competent representation for half that amount is available, a Court of Appeal judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 9th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Professor Andrews has asked me to give a lecture on civil justice reform today – just 48 hours before I retire. This is, therefore, an appropriate moment to stand back and review my work in this area over the last decade.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 5th March 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A man and a woman who fraudulently claimed they fell ill while on holiday in Turkey, but were “rumbled” by images they posted on social media, have been given suspended jail sentences.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Many of the causes of excessive costs have been eliminated but litigation is still too expensive, Sir Rupert Jackson has claimed on the eve of his retirement from the Court of Appeal.’
Litigation Futures, 6th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Disclosing documents relating to disciplinary proceedings against Leigh Day for its handling of Iraq war claims would involve a manual search of 5,000 documents and cost over £10,000, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has argued.’
Legal Futures, 6th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In Ballard v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 370 (QB) Mr Justice Foskett had to consider the issue of what costs consequences, if any, should follow from the claimant’s failure to beat a Part 36 offer which had been withdrawn, the defendant having gone on to make a second, lower, offer.’
Zenith PI, 1st March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘An Army officer who was caught speeding at 130mph in his Aston Martin has been allowed to keep his driving licence so he can tour the Falklands.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The rule committee should look at clarifying whether a law firm LLP which acts for itself in legal proceedings is a litigant in person for the purposes of the CPR, the Supreme Court has said.’
Litigation Futures, 1st March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal brought by an unsuccessful personal injury claimant over whether the qualified one-way costs shifting (“QOCS”) regime in the Civil Procedure Rules applied to his claim involving a local authority.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th February 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge was wrong to order an unsuccessful claimant to pay the costs of parties added to a pre-LASPO personal injury claim after the qualified one-way cost shifting (QOCS) rules came into force, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 27th February 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Stalking laws are being used to prevent people discovering if their partners are cheating on them, a jilted husband has claimed.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A judicial review of the government’s plan to introduce accountable care organisations (ACOs) – which campaigners claim will lead to the stealth privatisation of the NHS – is set to go ahead after the High Court granted the crowd-funded claimants a costs-capping order.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd February 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Local authorities should not have to cover legal aid funding deficiencies, the Court of Appeal has said, while upholding a mother’s challenge against a placement order. A placement order allows the local authority to place a child with suitable adopters following care proceedings, even if the parents do not agree.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd February 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has made a third-party costs order against UKIP, after the party took a “political” decision to block the settlement of a libel claim against one of its MEPs.’
Litigation Futures, 20th February 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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