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Home - Litigation Futures. The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms. LSB backs CMA call for greater law firm transparency but says regulatory reform must happen too. Successful firms of the future will collaborate with non-lawyers and start-up tech companies. Lawyers failing in their duty to signpost clients to Legal Ombudsman. How to make a solicitor insanely jealous? Offer his competitor free run-off cover. Tax avoidance sanctions proposals threaten rule of law. August 16th, 2016. The e...

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General - Litigation Futures. The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms. Steam engine fireman wins rare industrial deafness claim. The estate of a man who suffered hearing loss as a result of his work on steam trains in the 1960s has won one of the first industrial deafness claims of its kind. Neither judge nor counsel had been able to find a single claim for damages brought by a locomotive fireman or driver in the 143 years in which steam trains were used for passengers services. The Supr...

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Funding - Litigation Futures. The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms. Costs judge gives another CFA assignment the thumbs-up. The assignment of conditional fee agreements is under the spotlight yet again after a costs judge ruled that one had been validly made. Master Leonard agreed that the leading authority did not require there to be a relationship of personal trust and confidence between a particular solicitor and client to allow an assignment. August 23rd, 2016. August 10th, 2016.

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Litigation Futures High Court: ATE policy does not provide sufficient security for costs

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High Court: ATE policy does not provide sufficient security for costs. The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms. High Court: ATE policy does not provide sufficient security for costs. Coulson J: issues “rather different” from ordinary TCC case. The High Court has ruled that an after-the-event (ATE) insurance policy does not provide sufficient security for defendant’s costs of up to 2.75m, because of the risk of insolvency proceedings in a foreign jurisdiction. Coulson J said that, under t...

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Litigation Futures QOCS disapplied in rare ‘fundamental dishonesty’ ruling

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QOCS disapplied in rare ‘fundamental dishonesty’ ruling. The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms. QOCS disapplied in rare ‘fundamental dishonesty’ ruling. Fay: fundamental dishonesty “goes to the heart” of a claim. National firm DWF has secured one of the first ‘fundamental dishonesty’ rulings, denying a claimant the protection of qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS). Our counsel argued that this was a case where there could be no mistake, and the claimant could not have believed in t...

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Costs - Litigation Futures. The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms. Bar Council blames court fee rises for fall in CCJs. There was a 19% fall in the number of debt judgments against businesses in England and Wales during the first six months of 2016, which the Bar Council says is evidence of the negative impact of rising court fees. August 25th, 2016. 13m claim made subject to costs management to ensure it is dealt with justly. August 22nd, 2016. August 12th, 2016. Costs budgets should ...

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Events - Litigation Futures. The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms. Just Costs: 10 Year Anniversary Tour/Costs Update – Sep 2016. To celebrate their 10. Year, Just Costs Solicitors. Will tour the UK and deliver a series of influential seminars in 10 major cities. These half-day seminars will be presented by an expert panel of speakers including Barristers, Judges, and Costs Specialists, and are suitable for all litigation practitioners. His Honour Judge Pearce. Barrister, 7 Bedford Row.

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General - Litigation Futures. The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms. High Court orders solicitors to cease acting for client. The High Court has ordered international law firm Dechert to cease acting for the principal creditor of a Russian businessman because it is also acting for his trustees in bankruptcy and has access to thousands of documents that are covered by legal professional privilege. May 9th, 2016. January 5th, 2016. December 17th, 2015. Privatised systems of justice, such...