‘A woman has been banned from keeping horses after Facebook users spotted pictures of her riding a skeletal ex-racehorse online.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The modern court will not allow itself to be used as a “weapon of senseless war”, a judge has warned a family locked in a bitter costs dispute.’
Litigation Futures, 6th December 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A leading defendant firm says insurers will be more empowered to deploy fundamental dishonesty defences after another favourable judgment from the Court of Appeal. In Menary v Darnton, which is yet to be published, insurer Aviva was able to appeal the application of qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) in favour of the claimant and avoid any costs.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st December 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘On 3 October 2016, the President of the Employment Tribunals, Judge Brian Doyle, issued presidential guidance on a newly introduced process of judicial assessment.’
Littleton Chambers, 18th November 2016
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘The Court of Appeal has this morning handed down its judgment in the case of Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc and others, a decision that is of great importance to third party funders and their potential liability for adverse costs.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 18th November 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘A landlord may rely on a contractual indemnity clause in a lease to claim as an administration charge the whole of the costs of service charge proceedings in the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) even where it has already been awarded some of its costs under rule 13(1)(b) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013, as Martin Rodger QC, Deputy President, has held in 87 St George’s Square Management Ltd v Whiteside [2016] UKUT 438 (LC).’
Hardwicke Chambers, 14th November 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Former Tory leader Michael Howard has been convicted of failing to say who was driving his car when it was caught by a speed camera.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Commercial third party funders are liable for the costs consequences of a litigant’s misconduct, regardless of whether they themselves were guilty of any “discreditable conduct or conduct which could be criticised”, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th November 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘It was only a matter of weeks ago that I encouraged readers to look to 2017 for any future changes to the credit hire landscape. Nevertheless, it appears I was too hasty. The case of William Powell v Babu Palani was heard on 5th September 2016 at Birmingham County Court before His Honour Judge McKenna.’
Zenith PI, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A deputy High Court judge has made a security for costs order whose value is contingent on the outcome of a forthcoming costs management hearing.’
Litigation Futures, 24th November 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A man has been found guilty of punching a five-day-old baby girl in the face.’
The Independent, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A local authority in Wales has been ordered to pay more than £90,000 in fines and damages after a four-year-old boy nearly drowned during a swimming lesson.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Defendants who failed to engage in discussions about expert evidence, leading to the claimants having to go back to court, have been ordered to pay the costs of the hearing.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court has ordered litigants who ignored correspondence from the other side to pay for the resulting costs. Chief Master Marsh, sitting in the Chancery Division, said it was ‘unacceptable’ for defendants in a patent case to simply ignore letters and proceed without proper engagement.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th November 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A district council has been fined £250,000 after a number of its workers were found to be suffering from ill-health relating to vibration exposure.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Environmental legal challenges face being hit by the “chilling effect” of new government rules that remove a cap on claimants’ costs, according to campaigners, lawyers and politicians.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has severely criticised the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)’s actions in a case concerning a ward of court to whom a local authority had agreed to pay damages for the unauthorised release of information.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson has been drafted in by the senior judiciary to work on extending fixed recoverable costs – even though earlier this year he said he would rather not do it.’
Litigation Futures, 11th November 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Lord Justice Jackson, the architect of the 2010 reforms to civil litigation and procedures, has been asked to lead a review of fixed recoverable costs, with a view to the regime being extended.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal delivered some good news to claimants last week with a ruling on the level of fees that apply to cases listed for disposal, in a decision that Lord Justice Briggs said would have a “substantial” cumulative effect.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th November 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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