“An Indian Sikh holy man who is suing a journalist in the British courts for libel has been ordered to put up quarter of million pounds in security costs in order to pursue the case further.”
The Independent, 1st February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A conditional fee agreement which provided for the claimant’s solicitors to indemnify her against payment of the defendant’s costs if the claim was dismissed was not champertous or otherwise contrary to public policy. As a result its inclusion in a conditional fee agreement which in all other respects complied with the requirements of section 58 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 did not invalidate the agreement.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Bumper success fees for lawyers in libel cases will soon be a thing of the past following last week’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Naomi Campbell case, solicitors predicted this week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Solicitors must be allowed to shoulder the risk of adverse costs orders on behalf of their clients to ensure proper access to justice, the Court of Appeal ruled today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Lord Justice Jackson criticised the way the government plans to implement his reforms to civil justice costs in a sternly worded letter to the justice secretary last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Lord Justice Jackson has sent the Lord Chancellor his response to the Ministry of Justice consultation paper on civil litigation funding and costs. The consultation closes on 14 February 2011.”
Judiciary of England & Wales, 20th January 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Huscroft v P & O Ferries Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 148; [2010] WLR (D) 348
“CPR r 3.1(3), which permitted a court to attach conditions to the making of an order, was intended to control the future conduct of proceedings and not to punish previous misconduct.”
WLR Daily, 4th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina (Edwards and another) v Environment Agency and others [2010] UKSC 57; [2011] WLR (D) 327
“The function of costs officers was to carry out detailed assessments of costs, subject to any directions that might be given to them by the court. Decisions as to whether the receiving party should receive less than 100% of the assessed costs were reserved to the court.”
WLR Daily, 15th December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Carroll v Kynaston [2010] EWCA Civ 1404; [2010] WLR (D) 325
“A party to a settlement agreement was not entitled to claim in a further action by way of damages the amount by which the costs awarded him fell short of the costs actually incurred by him.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“It was not open to a petitioner to an election court to seek an order for costs under s 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 against the respondent’s political party and its local party association who had not been parties to the petition. Once the election commissioner had made a final order for costs and dealt with all aspects of the petiton under the Representation of the People Act 1983 he did not have the authority to re-open a decision as to costs and consider making an order against a third party.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina v Constantine [2010] EWCA Crim 2406; [2010] WLR (D) 28
“A court had to take account of a confiscation order before making any order ‘involving payment by the defendant’ of costs relating to all of the proceedings that had gone on thus far.”
WLR Daily, 10th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Sharon Shoesmith has launched an appeal against the high court ruling earlier this year which rejected her claim that she was unfairly sacked as director of Haringey children’s services after the death of baby Peter Connelly, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A legal battle by the council director sacked over the death of Baby P has cost taxpayers nearly £500,000.”
BBC News, 8th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A High Court judge has refused an injunction that could have further delayed the start of the new mental health and public law legal aid contracts – but awarded a protective costs order to enable a legal challenge to the two Legal Services Commission tender processes.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The government must not hinder access to justice for personal injury victims as it takes forward Lord Young’s report on the ‘compensation culture’, lawyers’ groups have warned.”
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Law Society’s Gazette, 21st October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Disgraced former police officer Ali Dizaei paid just £750 towards the five-figure cost of putting him on trial, it can be disclosed today.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Law Society today warned against piecemeal implementation of Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals on civil litigation costs, telling the government that this could be ‘very damaging’ to access to justice. Jackson himself has said that his reforms will not succeed unless they are implemented as a whole.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“This month, the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, is expected to outline ways in which he could cut around a quarter of his department’s annual budget. Making prisoners work for 40 hours a week — the policy Clarke outlined at the Conservative conference on Tuesday — won’t go very far towards producing the £2bn or so of savings that he needs.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Kent breeder who kept dogs in ‘truly appalling’ conditions has been banned from keeping animals for life.”
BBC News, 9th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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