“The spending power of former City trader, Yan Assoun, 43, was described by a family judge three months ago as ‘beyond the wildest dreams’ of his estranged wife. But with his bitter divorce battle now in the Appeal Court, he insisted: ‘I don’t have any money’.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The High Court has comprehensively rejected the government’s bid to overturn the grant of a protective costs order (PCO) in favour of campaigners for the reburial of King Richard III in York.”
Litigation Futures, 18th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“A ‘sustained legal assault’ on British forces could have ‘catastrophic consequences’ for the safety of the nation, an influential right-leaning think tank has warned.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An attempt by MasterCard to avoid a multi-billion damages claim from a dozen retailers because the monthly due diligence costs charged by its lawyers at Jones Day could be as much as £700,000 has been rejected by the High Court.”
The Lawyer, 16th October 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The High Court has rejected a bid to limit a winning party’s costs to a previously approved budget where a substantially revised one was seen by the court and other party but not dealt with at the pre-trial review (PTR).”
Litigation Futures, 16th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Forgive me for returning to this case, but it raises all sorts of questions. On the face of it, it concerns 2 specific environmental directives, but it has implications for costs generally in environmental cases.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Lawyers have heralded the death of so-called libel tourism after the high court threw out two cases brought by wealthy foreigners over allegations published overseas.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court Judge has hit out at the ‘astonishing’ cost of a six year legal battle in the Court of Protection which ended today after all parties agreed a woman should stay in care.”
The Independent, 11th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Senior Costs Judge has slashed the after-the-event (ATE) premium claimed in a payment protection insurance (PPI) case, giving hope to defendants currently facing huge bills for mis-selling.”
Litigation Futures, 10th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“A High Court judge has granted an energy company an injunction preventing a waste authority from entering into a £1bn+ resource recovery contract (RRC) with a rival business.”
Local Government Lawyer, 8th October 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“Parties to litigation in the civil courts need more guidance about what constitutes an ‘appropriate’ costs budget and the consequences of not meeting the requirements of the new costs management regime, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“An extraordinary story which would have raised our eyebrows at its implausibility had it come from our spy novelists. In late 2006, Alexander Litvinenko was murdered by polonium-210 given to him in London. He was an ex-Russian Federation FSB agent, but by then was a UK citizen. He had accused Putin of the murder of the journalist Anna Politovskaya. He may or may not have been working for MI6 at the time of his death. The prime suspects for the killing are in Russia, not willing to help the UK with its inquiries. But rightly, in one form or another, we want to know what really happened.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Six protesters who broke into RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, home of Britain’s first unmanned drones base, were described by a judge at their trial on Monday as ‘dutiful people’. He said it was only with a ‘heavy heart’ that he found them guilty of criminal damage to the base.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A commuter’s court victory could see hundreds of passengers demanding cheaper season tickets as train operators move to plug a ‘loophole’ which he exploited.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The low costs risk for claimants making mesothelioma claims means they should not longer benefit from an exemption from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), a leading defendant law firm has argued.”
Litigation Futures, 7th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“In the substantive judgment (see Adam Wagner’s post on the order), the Divisional Court decided two main issues, one relating to the independence of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team, and one relating to the extent to which an inquiry conducted through IHAT complied with Article 2 of the ECHR. The Secretary of State succeeded on the first issue, whereas the claimant succeeded substantially on the second issue relating to the need for a different form of inquiry. Hence there was no overall winner; the Secretary of State won on the first issue and the claimant succeeded substantially on the second issue. But more time was spent on the first issue.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A High Court judge has expressly declined to approve the costs budget of both sides of a construction dispute on the grounds that they were ‘disproportionate and unreasonable’.”
Litigation Futures, 4th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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