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Un-Civil Liability Bill
7th September, 2018
This past week has seen a couple of major developments with the Government’s proposed Civil Liability Bill with it having its Second Reading in the Commons. Firstly, the government may be willing to make a concession that ‘vulnerable’ road users wi
More...Government urged to extend costs-shifting to Judicial Review Claims
4th September, 2018
Costs in judicial reviews have historically adopted the traditional mechanism whereby the loser pays the winner’s costs. The risk of being ordered to pay a defendant public authority’s costs, being considered by many, to be too great for any but
More...Do You Charge a Success Fee?
12th July, 2018
Absolutely, 100%? As has been reported in Litigation Futures, the issue of the level of success fees being applied by PI law firms is once again in the spotlight. Master Gordon-Saker, recently speaking at a CJC seminar, called on the Law Society
More...Court of Appeal considers dishonesty and its effect on Part 36 offers
12th July, 2018
A decision on dishonesty and its effect on costs has now been considered by the Court of Appeal in the case of Tuson v Murphy. This concerned the issue of costs whereby a Defendant’s Part 36 offer was made in
More...Claimants overcharged in Court Fee error
18th June, 2018
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has confirmed that a refund scheme is being set up for Claimants that have been overcharged for court fees on claims valued between £3,000 and £5,000. The claims were wrongly categorised for High Court and
More...The new era of CMC regulation
7th June, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced proposals on how it will authorise and supervise claims management companies (CMCs) when regulation passes on 1st April 2019. The FCA’s proposals will require CMCs to provide a potential cus
More...Dishonest claims can result in prison – Judges warned to approach with caution
7th June, 2018
A claimant has been jailed for 3 months following a landmark decision for a dishonest clinical negligence claim against the NHS. HJ Spencer said the judgement should be a ‘warning to all’, this being the first contempt case pursued by an
More...FCA crackdown on rent to own providers
31st May, 2018
After nearly two years of looking at the cost of high interest borrowing the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled proposals for new regulations to protect three million people from sky-high credit costs. It has now put forward a set of
More...Hip-hip, but no hooray for now...
22nd May, 2018
There will be much disappointment today for the claimants involved in one of the largest "product liability” group actions as they have lost the first round of a legal battle for compensation at the High Court over allegedly "defective” hip
More...Acoustic Shockwaves
4th April, 2018
I am sitting at my desk early this morning whilst reading the news on the case brought by Mr Goldscheider against the Royal Opera House (ROH) for damages for acoustic shock, a condition with symptoms including tinnitus, hyperacusis and dizziness. I
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