‘Criminals will be made to pay towards the cost of their court case under legislation introduced to Parliament today by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.’
Ministry of Justice, 5th February 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Controversial proposals to restrict judicial review will go ahead by way of a “a tough package of reform”, the government confirmed yesterday. Publishing its response to the consultation, Judicial Review: Proposals for further reform, the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, said: “I believe in protecting judicial review as a check on unlawful executive action, but I am equally clear that it should not be abused, to act as a brake on growth.”
LegalVoice, 6th February 2014
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘Judges making wasted costs orders (WCOs) are to be placed under a duty to report the lawyers involved to their regulator in a bid to make them “consider more carefully the decisions they make in handling a case”, the government has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 6th February 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The government’s proposals to increase court fees for commercial cases could lead to claimants facing a fee demand greater than their legal costs, litigators have warned.’
Litigation Futures, 5th February 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The possibility that a firm of litigation solicitors, despite acting properly for a client in advancing their interests, could nonetheless end up being held liable to pay a huge costs order, is unsurprisingly something that would sound alarm bells across the profession. This is a possibility that was raised in DLA Piper UK LLP v BDO LLP (the major firm of City solicitors versus a major firm of accountants).’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 31st January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The RSPCA’s role in prosecuting cases of animal cruelty could be overhauled to restore public confidence.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A pub landlord has to pay £65,000 in legal costs for breaching the Premier League’s copyright by showing football matches using a foreign satellite card authorised only for private use.’
BBC News, 30th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A grandmother has won a High Court battle with a council over the financial support she claimed she should have received to care for her 11-year-old granddaughter.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th January 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer
‘Legal fees in family proceedings hit the headlines with Young v Young – the now infamous seven year divorce case which saw £6.5m spent on one side’s legal costs alone.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 27th January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Judge Nicholas Francis QC says “untold misery” has resulted from the courtroom battle between Susan and Richard Shield and their children over who owns shares in the family’s RA Shield Holdings company’
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A costs judge has granted relief from sanctions in a case where the failure to serve notice of funding occurred some 15 months before the introduction of the Jackson reforms.’
Litigation Futures, 20th January 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A law firm whose clients were unaware of the true cost of their conveyancing after being reeled in with low quotes did not take unfair advantage of them, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A couple who took their children on a week-long holiday during school term time have been ordered by magistrates to pay £1,000 in costs and fines.’
BBC News, 15th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A costs judge has refused relief from sanctions despite his “qualms” at the nature of the penalty for the breach involved.’
Litigation Futures, 14th January 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The solicitor for MP Andrew Mitchell has confirmed that the costs appeal case is unlikely to go to the Supreme Court. Graham Atkins, founding partner at London firm Atkins Thomson, told the Gazette he had looked to have the case heard at the higher court but was advised it would not be successful.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th January 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
DLA Piper UK LLP v BDO LLP [2013] EWHC 3970 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 515
‘Where a person had attended court and successfully resisted being made subject to a witness summons under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 the only basis for the Crown Court ordering costs against the solicitor of the party seeking the summons would be that for which statute provided, namely, a wasted costs order under section 19A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.’
WLR Daily, 13th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The High Court has given a strong steer that successful parties can rarely expect to recover interest on the fees they have already paid to their solicitors.’
Litigation Futures, 7th January 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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