High Court directs UCL students to resolve their claim out of court – Law Society’s Gazette

‘A judge has paused a multi-million-pound student group action claim against a London university over Covid and strike disruption and encouraged parties to resolve their dispute away from court.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 18th July 2023

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Defendant ordered to pay more than £7k in fines and costs over organisational blue badge fraud – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 18th, 2023 in care homes, costs, disabled persons, fines, fraud, news by tracey

‘A man has been convicted of fraud after misusing a blue badge and ordered to pay more than £7,000 in fines and costs following a prosecution by Reading Borough Council.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2023

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“Women will suffer” warning as CA hears divorce costs funding case – Legal Futures

Posted July 12th, 2023 in appeals, costs, divorce, families, family courts, law firms, news, statistics, women by sally

‘The future of litigation funding in divorce cases – which new figures from law firms show mainly benefits women – is in the balance as the Court of Appeal hears a crucial appeal.’

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Legal Futures, 12th July 2023

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Contractual costs in the Tribunal & County Court, with a guest appearance – Nearly Legal

Posted July 11th, 2023 in costs, county courts, leases, news, service charges, solicitors, tribunals by sally

‘The underlying proceedings were a small claim in the County Court by Crescent (via Davidoff as agent) for unpaid service charges against Mr Behjat as leaseholder. It was, apparently, transferred to the FTT for determination of payability and reasonableness of the service charges. It appears that there was then a Tribunal decision, and simultaneous County Court order made by the Tribunal judge sitting as a county court judge.’

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Nearly Legal, 10th July 2023

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Operating CCTV lawfully – Local Government Lawyer

‘A county court judge has ruled that Islington Council’s operated its CCTV system lawfully. Sam Fowles explains why.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2023

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Appeal allowed despite ‘disastrously handled’ litigation – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 7th, 2023 in appeals, child support, children, costs, dispute resolution, families, news by tracey

‘A High Court judge has “with a very heavy heart” allowed an appeal while making clear his dismay at the conduct of the successful party.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 6th July 2023

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Interest on costs due on date of original £38m order, judge finds – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 3rd, 2023 in costs, interest, limitations, news, time limits by tracey

‘Interest on a £38 million costs order is due on the date of the original order and accrues from day to day thereafter, a judge has ruled followign a 10-year legal battle. The Honourable Mrs Justice Dias described the application before her in Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc as raising “a short but interesting point of statutory construction on which there is surprisingly no direct authority.”’

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Law Society's Gazette, 30th June 2023

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Costs of case manager meetings cannot be claimed, master rules – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 26th, 2023 in budgets, case management, costs, dispute resolution, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘A High Court judge has ruled that charges for meetings with case managers are not claimable because they do not progress the court case.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 23rd June 2023

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Breakdown of medical agency costs ‘irrelevant’, court finds – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 12th, 2023 in compensation, costs, expert witnesses, insurance, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘An experienced district judge has ruled it is “irrelevant” how medical reporting costs are broken down, as the debate over non-party disclosure takes another turn.

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Law Society's Gazette, 12th June 2023

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MR on fixed costs extension: “I hope it works” – Legal Futures

Posted June 8th, 2023 in costs, electronic filing, news, small claims by tracey

‘The Master of the Rolls has said he believes the extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) to many cases worth up to £100,000 in October is “a good thing” and “I hope it works”.’

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Legal Futures, 8th June 2023

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Court orders breakdown of medical expert fees – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted May 26th, 2023 in civil procedure rules, costs, expert witnesses, fees, hospitals, news by tracey

‘Medical reporting organisations could face more scrutiny over their costs after a court ordered a full breakdown of expert fees.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 25th May 2023

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Chris Packham awarded £90,000 damages in libel case – The Guardian

Posted May 26th, 2023 in charities, costs, damages, defamation, fraud, media, news by tracey

‘Chris Packham said he has been vindicated after a judge found that he had been subjected to an online ideological campaign, accusing him of fraud and dishonesty, before awarding him £90,000 in libel damages.’

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The Guardian, 25th May 2023

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Carole Cadwalladr to appeal against ruling that she pay Arron Banks’s legal costs – The Guardian

Posted May 24th, 2023 in appeals, brexit, costs, media, news, public interest by sally

‘The award-winning Guardian and Observer journalist Carole Cadwalladr will appeal against a ruling that ordered her to pay significant legal costs to the prominent Brexit backer Arron Banks.’

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The Guardian, 23rd May 2023

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New APIL head: Fixed costs will trigger decade of litigation – Legal Futures

Posted May 12th, 2023 in appeals, costs, negligence, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘The extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) later this year will lead to “poor behaviours” by some parties and a decade of litigation to clarify how they work, the new president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has predicted.’

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Legal Futures, 12th May 2023

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Civil Justice Council Costs Review – Final Report – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Posted May 12th, 2023 in civil justice, costs, news by tracey

‘Civil Justice Council Costs Review – Final Report’

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Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 10th May 2023

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Multi-defendant cases: the more the merrier? – Law Pod UK

Posted April 25th, 2023 in apportionment, costs, hospitals, negligence, news, podcasts by sally

‘Lucy McCann speaks to Cara Guthrie and Matthew Flinn of 1 Crown Office Row, about multi-defendant litigation in the field of clinical negligence.’

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Law Pod UK, 24th April 2023

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Firm ordered to pay wasted costs for “inexplicable” error – Legal Futures

Posted April 21st, 2023 in abuse of process, costs, hospitals, law firms, negligence, news, probate, wills by tracey

‘A law firm which started proceedings when its client did not have standing to bring them has been ordered to pay wasted costs because it failed to check this.’

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Legal Futures, 21st April 2023

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Top judge asks: Why don’t litigators know how much a case will cost? – Legal Futures

Posted April 18th, 2023 in budgets, costs, judges, news by sally

‘Litigators should know how much any case is going to cost before they even begin the process of budgeting, Sir Colin Birss, the deputy head of civil justice, has argued.’

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Legal Futures, 18th April 2023

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QOCS changes in April 2023: the practical and tactical implications for claimants and their solicitors – Gatehouse Chambers

‘In what is becoming something of a pattern, the Rules committee have come along to clear up the anomaly resulting from the decisions in the Appellate courts, this time in Cartwright v Venduct Engineering Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1654; [2018] 1 WLR 6137 and Ho v Adelekun [2021] UKSC 43; [2021] 1 WLR 5132.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 16th March 2023

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Fraud and indemnity costs – no presumption; and polemicists beware! – Littleton Chambers

Posted April 14th, 2023 in chambers articles, costs, fraud, indemnities, news by sally

‘In Pisante v Logothetis [2022] EWHC 2575 (Comm), Baker J had to consider whether to make an order for indemnity costs following a successful US$6.5m fraud action.’

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Littleton Chambers, 7th March 2023

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