Court transcript costs are exploitative – BBC News
‘Victims of violent and sexual crimes are calling for court transcript costs to be cut after they were quoted “unaffordable” sums for them.’
BBC News, 24th October 2023
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‘Victims of violent and sexual crimes are calling for court transcript costs to be cut after they were quoted “unaffordable” sums for them.’
BBC News, 24th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This was the broad question which confronted the Court of Appeal in RSA v. Tughans [2023] EWCA Civ 999, and the unanimous answer was Yes. The case is of interest both because of the result and because of the importance accorded by the Court to the policy underlying compulsion on professionals to have at least a specified minimum level of professional indemnity insurance.’
Hailsham Chambers, 4th September 2023
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‘The most vulnerable in society will be better supported to access justice following an expansion of a scheme to help people with court and tribunal fees.’
Ministry of Justice, 16th October 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) warned the government in July about the difficulty of meeting the timetable for the new regime of fixed costs in low-value clinical negligence cases, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 12th October 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has ordered a law firm not to use fees from a PPI claims joint venture now the subject of a dispute, despite it warning that this could put it out of business.’
Legal Futures, 29th September 2023
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‘A law firm’s former clients have lost their appeal against a decision that they owe outstanding fees to the non-lawyer who took assignment of their retainers.’
Legal Futures, 15th September 2023
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‘Judges in the Competition Appeal Tribunal have taken a scythe to costs claims where solicitors were charging as much as 70% above the guideline hourly rate in a high profile group action.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th September 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A couple were told they would have to pay an annual £49 storage fee after spending £4,500 on their wills – which then increased to £89 a year, a report on the impact of unqualified advisers in the estate planning sector has revealed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th September 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Individual solicitors and their firms will be paying an extra £13.2m to be regulated and represented in the coming year, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed.’
Legal Futures, 7th September 2023
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‘A flight delay claims firm should have made clear that clients would not receive the full amount of compensation promised, advertising watchdogs have ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 30th August 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Surprisingly, the latest development in solicitor-client costs disputes has not come from the domestic courts, but from the European Court of Justice (ECJ). It has the potential to open up a new line of attack in Solicitors Act detailed assessments if the courts decide to apply it.’
Hailsham Chambers, 3rd July 2023
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
‘A landmark Court of Appeal costs ruling in favour of claimant solicitors cannot be challenged in the Supreme Court, appeal judges have ruled.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th August 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘On Wednesday [26 July], the Competition Appeal Tribunal handed down a judgment that is particularly significant for its analysis of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “2018 Act”) and the scope of retained EU law.’
Blackstone Chambers, 28th July 2023
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘A London law firm that took an assignment of nearly £2.5m owed to a client to pay its fees has been granted summary judgment by the High Court.’
Legal Futures, 31st July 2023
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‘The High Court has granted a leading bank summary judgment on an “inherently implausible” €1.4bn (£1.2bn) claim for an introduction fee brought by a US law firm.’
Legal Futures, 24th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judicial review of the lord chancellor’s decision not to raise criminal legal aid fees for solicitors by the minimum 15% recommended by a government-commissioned review will be heard in the weeks leading up to Christmas, the Gazette has learned.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th July 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The time for a client to challenge a solicitor’s deduction from their damages runs from the time the deduction is made, without the client having to agree the specific amount, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 17th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk