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Being put to election in respect of a retainer is a taxing experience in any costs assessment. Here ...
A recently released report by the National Audit Office has concluded that although the Ministry of ...
On the 24th November the Legal Aid Agency announced that they had introduced a new ‘urgent flag’ ...
Long v Value properties has been successfully appealed, such that the sanction for failure to ...
The implementation of the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2014 on ...
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England has conducted a study of the impact of the ...
The Legal Aid Agency have published details of Exceptional Case Funding applications and ...
We look at a recent discussion of the impact of budgeting on the assessment of costs and award of ...
New versions of the majority of the civil legal aid forms will be introduced on 4th August. The old ...
As reported previously, changes to the Family Advocacy Scheme come into force on the 31st July. For ...
The very long awaited decision in relation to guideline hourly rates has finally been made - and ...
The Government’s plans to further reduce the legal aid budget suffered a serious setback this ...
Failure to serve a statement of reasons or statement of definitions with a bill of costs attracts ...
The Legal Aid Agency’s annual report and statistics for 2013/14 have been publuished. This is the ...
From 1st April 2013, Personal Injury Claimants have been afforded the protection of Qualified ...
The Legal Aid Agency had previously stated that a draft bill would be deleted by the Client and ...
In March 2014 the Government commenced consultation on proposals to change the Family Advocacy ...
Over recent years, contracts between solicitor and client have increasingly become subject to ...
Following a successful pilot, the Legal Aid Agency has confirmed that a new approach is to be ...
Last month I wrote an article regarding a change of approach from the Legal Aid Agency regarding ...
In the case of JG v the Lord Chancellor the Court of Appeal has ruled that the Legal Aid Agency ...
The LAA has confirmed that they are to continue with the gradual roll out of CCMS further to the ...
An updated advocates attendance form was introduced on 22nd April 2014 for all FAS hearings taking ...
Changes to the funding of judicial review cases will be implemented on 22 April 2014 when the Civil ...
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2014 come into force on 22nd April ...
The Legal Aid Agency recently issued an update in respect of travel expenses and there are some ...
On 22 April 2014 the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 will come into force. ...
Achita Singh from our Ilkley Office gives a brief overview of the ACL White Paper on Costs ...
The Legal Aid Agency has announced that the usage of the Client and Cost Management System is being ...
It has long been established that the miscertification of a bill of costs is a serious issue, in ...
When a Claimant suffers a divisible condition at work (for example noise-induced hearing loss, ...
A number of people in the firm have noted conflicting guidance from various departments of the Legal ...
The introduction of the Single Family Court in April will result in some slight changes to the ...
The Legal Aid Agency has announced that a new email address will be used for casework queries as of ...
The Legal Aid Agency has prepared a document setting out some frequently asked questions in respect ...
If anyone was still in any doubt about the far-reaching effects of the “Mitchell decision” the ...
Although obviously only one of many first instance judgments on applications for relief from ...
If a week is a long time in Politics, it would appear that a day is a long time in respect of the ...
John M Hayes' Training Director David Smith looks at how the pilot has been progressing and ...
On the 2nd December 2013 changes were introduced regarding the remuneration of counsel in civil non ...
Harrison v Black Horse is regarded as being one of the most important cases relating to the ...
I have found John M Hayes to be reliable and efficient, always willing to deal with any queries or matters arising and most importantly of all, to have detailed knowledge of current costs law.
Sarah Lapsley, Chestnutts Solicitors, Southport