Costs Round Up #18
Welcome to a quick round up of relevant costs related news articles from around the country.
This week, Litigation Futures reports on AMH –v- The Scout Association. In this case, the Claimant had the benefit of legal aid from March 2013 but on 23 March 2013 he chose to discharge the legal aid certificate and replace it with a CFA dated 26 March, ahead of the introduction of the LASPO reforms on 1 April. Was this reasonable? Read more here
Calculations from the Civil Justice Council indicate that the court fee for a claim of £40,000 is now £2,000 (an increase of 228 per cent), and for a claim of £190,000, the fee is now £9,500 (an increase of 622 per cent). Are the changes productive or counter- productive for the Government? Richard Thomas, Senior Partner at DTM Legal, explores the changes in a blog post Releasing the Chokehold .
Meanwhile if your firm is feeling the squeeze on cash flow from increased Court fees you might like to read how our new partnership with Fee Solutions can provide access to draw down on up to 80% of costs on a “won” case prior to costs settlement for clinical negligence, industrial disease and personal injury cases. Find out more here
Finally in a quiet week on civil legal aid, take a moment to reflect with Michael Cross at the Law Society Gazette on the 1945 report of the Rushcliffe Committee, 70 years old this week, which laid the foundations of state -funded legal aid in the immediate aftermath of the second-world war at Legal Aid’s Founding Text turns 70. We would love to hear your (printable) comments.
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