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The national roll out of CCMS is rapidly approaching and the Legal Aid Agency have put some ...
The Court of Appeal has today handed down its much anticipated judgment in the matter of Mitchell v ...
The recent decision in Ibbertson & Ibbertson v Black Horse Limited (2013), Unreported, Maidstone ...
The Legal Aid Agency have updated their checklists for CLAIM1, CLAIM1A, CLAIM2 and POA1 forms and ...
On the 2nd December 2013 the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 will come ...
Restricting exposure to costs has been considered in two recent judgments which focus attention on ...
Feltham v Bouskell [2013] EWHC 3086 (Ch) is the first reported case dealing with ‘bonus ...
The recent Judgment in Brookes v DC Leisure Management & Technogym reminds solicitors of the ...
Over the past few weeks we have been delivering our ‘Family Legal Aid Costs: Getting it Right’ ...
In view of the forthcoming introduction of the Single Family Court the Government have set out their ...
FREE CPD accredited seminars presented by our Technical Director, Alex Bagnall.5 November - Norwich ...
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the Small Claims Track limit in relation to personal ...
Career wise, what is your background? I trained as a solicitor in a local authority which I loved ...
The Online Client and Cost Management System (CCMS) is currently being piloted in the North East and ...
When the Government introduced the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ...
Master Hurst handed down judgment in Kelly v Black Horse Ltd on 27 September 2013. He found in ...
It is often said by receiving parties that the only way in which an after the event legal insurance ...
Whilst the financial services sector has come under criticism for a variety of reasons of late, by ...
The definition of a disease is important in legal costs. In the run-off of cases where a recoverable ...
The LAA’s Civil Certificated Billing Improvement Group has created an electronic handbook that is ...
Last month we highlighted that CAFCASS had reported a significant increase in private law cases ...
The Legal Aid Agency has introduced a new online complaints procedure that is designed to streamline ...
This post analyses the first instance judgment in Mitchell v News Group Newspapers. For an analysis ...
On 1 October 2013, CPR 47.15(5) – which prescribes the maximum amount of recoverable costs ...
On July 31, the extended portal for RTA claims with a value up to £25000 and the new portals for ...
Background 31 July 2013 heralded the most recent step in the much anticipated expansion of the MOJ ...
Evidence Required in Support of Court Bundle Fees In public law cases the court bundle payment can ...
During the campaigns against LASPO it was highlighted that Courts could potentially be placed under ...
LSC Annual Report 2012 - 2013 highlights decrease in ‘acts of assistance’ but increase in ...
Background Costs management, which is designed to keep a tight rein on costs, is still in its ...
The Costs of Provisional Assessment CPR 47.15 sets out the provisional assessment procedure under ...
We have become aware of a new Point of Principle that has been made regarding the scope of emergency ...
Two representatives from the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) attended the recent Association of Costs ...
Last week the High Court gave their ruling in the case of R (JG) v The Legal Services Commission. ...
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has today issued an update on the requirements for evidence in support ...
On 10 April 2013 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Flatman V Germany; Weddall v Barchester ...
We are delighted to announce this joint Conference with Zenith Chambers (11th April 2013, Harrogate) ...
On the 1st April 2013 the Legal Services Commission will become the Legal Aid Agency. As a result ...
We are delighted to announce our latest joint venture with the Personal Injury Team from Zenith ...
In the current climate it has never been more important to ensure that claims for costs are paid as ...
Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 Wednesday, 13 February 2013 saw the government lay the draft ...
Judgement has been handed down by the Court of Appeal in the landmark costs management case of Henry ...
The LSC has indicated that it will be changing its approach to FAS forms for final hearings. We had ...
The long-awaited judgement in Henry v News Group Newspapers is to be handed down on 28 January at ...
The Ministry of Justice have now laid before Parliament the Damages Based Agreements Regulations ...
How to …..April 2103 As Breakfast seminars go, it wasn’t too early a start and the promise of ...
Sign of the Times perhaps that we find the Judiciary has published a guide for Self Represented ...
The Government has announced new plans to consult on introducing fixed fees, an electronic portal ...
The MOJ has confirmed that the timetable for expansion of the RTA portal to include RTA, employers' ...
The LSC has this week confirmed that it will no longer be applying FAS in High Costs ...
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