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Tag: guideline hourly rates

Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Consultation on Guideline Hourly Rates now open

The current guideline hourly rates have not changed since 2010. A long awaited review was announced last year and a Civil Justice Council working group was established. For more details…

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Posted on September 30, 2020December 8, 2020

COP hourly rates – the wait is over!

Following a Hearing on 26 May 2020, the judgment by Master Whalan was handed down today, indicating a 20% increase to the rates payable in Court of Protection cases. After…

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Posted on March 24, 2020October 13, 2020

The SCCO Guideline Hourly Rates and no increase for 10 years…………

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Posted on March 6, 2019October 13, 2020

Hourly Rates – How far can you depart from the Guideline Hourly Rates?

The case of Sir Philip Green & Ors v Telegraph Media Group Limited [2019] EWHC 96 (QB) Background This matter revolved around the Claimant and two companies seeking an injunction…

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Posted on August 24, 2018October 12, 2020

Hourly Rates: Justification on Assessment

In the recent case of JXA -v- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 1747 (QB) the Court provided clarification in relation to how solicitors’ hourly rates are to…

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Posted on June 17, 2016December 8, 2020

PROPORTIONALITY CONTINUES TO GET TOUGHER

The case of May & May -v- Wavell Group & Dr Bizarri [2016] is a another case which demonstrates the power of CPR 44.3(2) – ‘the Jackson test of proportionality’. …

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Posted on February 26, 2016October 12, 2020

Raising the Bar: how guideline hourly rates limit access to justice

In a statement dated 17 April 2015, Master of the Rolls the Rt Hon Lord Dyson said that the Guideline Hourly Rates (‘GHRs’) form ‘…an integral part of the process…

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Posted on February 22, 2016February 26, 2016

Maximising costs – guidance for Solicitors on maximising hourly rates

Do you consider your hourly rate when preparing your retainer? Or do you rely on a template document? It is worth considering at the outset of any claim the potential…

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