Optimising Costs Management: Part 1
You can listen to the blog here 2% Budget Process Provision Once costs budgets are prepared, Precedent Rs and negotiations naturally follow. Budget discussions can lead to agreement of budgets…
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Ho v Adelekun – update
The long awaited judgment in Ho v Adelekun [2021] UKSC 43 was handed down in October with the appeal being unanimously allowed. The judgment clarifies the position in respect of…
Part 36 Rewards
HOCHTIEF V ATKINS ( 2019) EWHC 3028 ( TCC) saw a claimant who bettered their Part 36 quantum offer by just £4,500 secure an uplift of £65,000 and interest at…
The Modernising of the Lasting Power of Attorney
The lasting power of attorney (LPA) was introduced in 2007. It was designed to provide more flexibility and greater protections than its predecessor, the enduring power of attorney (EPA). In…
Update on Fixed Costs
Further to our earlier update, Professor Dominic Regan shares his thoughts on the MOJ’s extension of fixed costs for cases worth up to £100,000. You can find out more about…
“Exceptionally large increases” to solicitors hourly rates lead to a finding of special circumstances
Under the Solicitors Act 1974, a client only has an absolute right to an assessment of a solicitor’s bill if an application is made within one month of receiving the…
Proposed increases to court fees to proceed
Court and Tribunal Fees – The Government response to the consultation on ‘Increasing selected court fees and Help with Fees income thresholds by inflation’ Following a consultation process, the Government…
LASPO 8 years on …
The LASPO reforms were introduced on 1 April 2013. Sir Rupert Jackson was the author of the reforms which introduced over 100 individual reforms. In this video podcast, Dominic Regan…