Costs Round-Up
Welcome to our latest weekly costs round-up.
At the start of the week Amnesty International published their review of legal aid which concluded that cuts have left the most vulnerable people unable to pursue justice. Read more here.
Staying with legal aid we were proud to be a sponsor of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group Annual Conference in Leeds last Friday, you can read our report from the day here.
The Law Society Gazette reported this week that Justice Secretary was rethinking the plans for reform of the personal injury sector proposed last year by George Osbourne. You can read John Hyde’s article here.
Andrew Hogan posted this week on an appeal he conducted in the case of Whiting v Carillionamey (Housing Prime) Limited (Claim No B80YM364) where an indemnity order made against a defendant for late acceptance of a part 36 offer was overturned.
And finally in the case of Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust District Judge Lumb considered the extent to which the judge’s powers on assessment were fettered by costs budgeting. You can read Gordon Excell’s blog on the Judgment here.
Until next week….
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