Costs Round Up #69
Welcome to our latest round up of the weekly legal costs news.
The Value of Pro Bono work
Michael Fitzpatrick recognizes the legal profession as a public service collective which has justice at its heart, and it is certainly no stranger to working for nothing. Read more in his article The Funding Void and the Currency of Pro Bono Work
NHSLA looks to Mediation to Control Costs
According to the annual report from the NHSLA, legal costs now account for 55% of the value of clinical negligence claims worth less than £100,000. Find out more about their new pilot scheme on mediation here.
Proportionality
This article from Hardwicke Chambers includes a number of practical lessons for all practitioners dealing with civil litigation and likely to be affected by the new rulings on the issue of proportionality.
Interim Billing and the Importance of Getting it Right
This week, in Rahimian –v- Allan Janes LLP, a Costs Judge ordered a law firm to resubmit its final bill after it failed to show how the original invoice was created. Barrister Gordon Exall offers five important lessons on billing your own client here
Company News
We couldn’t let the week pass without reference to Kenny Shealey’s Herculean race through the streets of Brighton to assist the local police arrest a shoplifter – thank goodness for all that marathon training ;)
Until next week…
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