Tip of the month
March 29, 2019
Keep on eye on the costs limitation: Remember when monitoring costs to take account of Counsel’s fees, FAS, expert’s fees, disbursements, enhancement and costs drafting fees. Is all work within scope? Are all aspects and applications covered? Is the final hearing covered?
Client’s successful County Court challenge in relation to deductions upheld on appeal
March 29, 2019
The Claimant in a personal injury claim was found not to have given her informed consent to her solicitor’s deductions. The firm has now gone to the Court of Appeal warning that the ruling could lead to thousands of potential cases seeking refunds.
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Griffith v Gourgey [2019] 1 Costs LO 43
March 29, 2019
Deficiencies and minor procedural oversights and errors, whilst not amounting to misconduct, may still give rise to indemnity costs.
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£1bn court modernisation programme delayed by 12 months
March 29, 2019
The government has announced that the completion date for the court reform will now be 2023.
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Tip of the month
February 26, 2019
Following the new Court Policy that came into effect November 2018 that Court orders must be drafted on the day of the order by the Family Lawyers, agreed by all parties and emailed to the clerk ‘while parties remain at court’. We advise that this is time properly spent at Court under FAS. So ensure that the timed FAS form is only signed off by the judge after the drafting procedure is completed.
