Costs Round Up #12
Welcome to a round-up of the best costs-related news and posts published over Easter week.
Kerry Underwood presents exaggeration = fraud exploring the key Court of Appeal decision in Hayward v Zurich Insurance Company plc [2015] EWCA Civ 327 which suggests that the fundamentally dishonest threshold will be very much lower than most people thought.
Kate Oliver provides a more in-depth look at the new law on fundamental dishonesty writing for the Nestor Partnership in their Spring newsletter 2015. Kate provides comment from a costs perspective and advice for retainer letters.
Lee Coulthard civil costs expert (Leeds) presents commentary on the Jackson Reforms (two years on), providing a timely reminder that not all of the significant upheavals we have seen in the world of costs in the last couple of years were part of the recommended proposals in Lord Justice Jackson’s final report,
Philip Morris Regional Manager of John M Hayes Birmingham Office presents comment on the case of Dalton v BT where the insurers test of NIHL categorisation fell on deaf ears.
Gordon Exall, Barrister presents a summary of Parish -v- The Danwood Group Ltd [2015] EWHC 940(QB) on the costs of experts in costs budgets where the High Court refused to extend budgeted items after a trial.
Following the High Court decision to quash the regulations which introduced conditional legal aid funding for judicial review, the government has introduced a new set of rules to apply. Vicky Kane, legal aid costs expert (Newcastle) presents comment on the changes to funding for judicial review cases.
Biting the CCMS Bullet contains useful industry tips from Vicky Ling, Consultant on using the Legal Aid Agency’s CCMS and don’t forget if you want additional training and information on the client and case management system (CCMS) (compulsory October 2015) John M Hayes is offering free training at a number of national locations. Click here for current dates and venues with additional dates to follow.
If you have a blog on costs related matters and would like to submit your post to the round-up, e-mail: Ilkley@johnmhayes.co.uk
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