Litigators: Survive & Thrive – Speech by Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
Litigators: Survive & Thrive (PDF)
Speech by Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
Civil Justice Section Conference, 18th October 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Category: costs
Brace yourself for unprecedented change, says master of rolls – Law Society’s Gazette
“Implementing the Jackson costs reforms will inevitably lead to satellite litigation, the master of the rolls has warned. He urged courts and lawyers to ‘do what they can’ to minimise it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Beasley (by Cadell Beasley as litigation friend) v Alexander – WLR Daily
“CPR r 36.13(2) did not permit the court to be told the position as to a Part 36 offer and consequently go on to deal with the question of costs at the conclusion of the first part of a split trial.”
WLR Daily, 9th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Man gets community sentence for Facebook post about dead soldiers – The Guardian
“A man who posted a Facebook message following the deaths of six British soldiers which said: ‘All soldiers should die and go to hell’ has been sentenced to a community order and told to pay costs of £300 by magistrates.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge criticises warring couple for squandering £1.7 million on bitter divorce battle – Daily Telegraph
“A couple who squandered £1.7 million during a bitter divorce and custody battle were criticised by a judge for driving their marriage ‘full tilt onto the rocks.'”
Daily Telegraph, 19th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fact Finding Hearings: Who Pays? – Family Law Week
“Stuart Hughes, Senior Solicitor at Greene and Greene Solicitors, and Sabuhi Chaudhry, barrister at Coram Chambers, consider recent developments concerning costs in fact finding hearings and the divergence between private law and public law cases.”
Family Law Week, 14th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Judge spares benefit cheat due to high costs of imprisonment – Daily Telegraph
“A notorious ‘soft touch’ judge spares a benefits cheat from prison after claiming the £38,000 cost of locking him up would be the same as the amount he had swindled.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Children: Private Law Update – Family Law Week
“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings considers those judgments of the last few months which are of most importance in the area of private law children proceedings.”
Family Law Week, 5th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Government to introduce fixed caps on parties’ costs in environmental judicial review proceedings from December – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government plans to introduce a cap on the extent to which the losing party to an environmental challenge will be expected to cover the winning party’s legal costs.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Inquiries tipped to reach £100m to remove ‘war crime’ stain from reputation of British forces – Daily Telegraph
“Three inquiries into alleged ‘war crimes’ by British soldiers are projected to cost £100 million.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man fined £110 for sending abusive email to Tory MP – The Guardian
“A man who abused a Tory MP in a crude email after the politician was headbutted by a rival at Westminster was fined £110 and ordered to pay £100 costs yesterday. Nicholas Scales told MP Stuart Andrew to ‘stop wasting police time and get your fucking job done’, Leeds magistrates court heard.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Follow the money… – NearlyLegal
“The difficulties in many cases against private landlords, not least unlawful eviction cases, do not end with trial and judgment. Realising damages and costs awards can be a fraught,complex and time consuming matter. This case is a prime example. It is a lengthy tale, but sadly not untypical in its twists and turns. It is also a useful case on quantum for unlawful eviction.”
NearlyLegal, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
The Issue of Costs following the Supreme Court Decision in T (Children) – ‘Not about the money?’ – Family Law Week
“Dorothea Gartland, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings and Penny Logan, principal lawyer, Cafcass, consider the lessons to be learned from T (Children).”
Family Law Week, 1st August 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
LSC to face judicial review over report costs – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society is to challenge by judicial review a Legal Services Commission decision to meet just one-third of the costs of an expert witness report ordered by a county court on behalf of a child.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Tetra Pak heir Hans Rausing avoids jail over failing to bury wife Eva – The Independent
“Hans Rausing, one of Britain’s richest men, avoided a jail sentence today after he admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva’s body.”
The Independent, 1st August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Supreme Court decides: Liability of a local authority to pay the costs of a party to care proceedings – Hardwicke Chambers
“The Supreme Court has today delivered its Judgment in the case of T (children) [2012] UKSC 36 concerning the liability of a local authority to pay the costs of a party to care proceedings.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 25th July 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Third Party Costs Orders against Solicitors – 4 New Square
“This article discusses the rise in applications against solicitors for third party costs orders, where solicitors have acted on conditional fee agreements and may be said to have funded or controlled litigation.”
Full story (PDF)
4 New Square, 25th July 2012
Source: www.4newsquare.com
In re T (Children) (Care Proceedings: Costs) – WLR Daily
In re T (Children) (Care Proceedings: Costs) [2012] UKSC 36; [2012] WLR (D) 223
“A local authority should not be liable in care proceedings for the costs of interveners against whom allegations had been reasonably made but which had been held by the court to be unfounded.”
WLR Daily, 25th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Leeds United win high court ruling over police costs at Elland Road – The Guardian
“Leeds United have won their high court action over who should pay for policing of matches at Elland Road. The Championship side asked for a decision on which of the services deployed by West Yorkshire Police for the last three seasons were special police services, and whether it was entitled to be repaid for services wrongly categorised.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Benefit fraud Lottery winner Edward Putman jailed – The Independent
” A convicted rapist who won nearly £5 million on the lottery but continued to fraudulently claim benefits has been jailed for nine months.”
The Independent, 24th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
