” While the Government digests the disastrous effects of the Domestic Violence, Crime & Victims Act 2004, introduced in July last year, on the protection of the victims of domestic violence, it might also give consideration to another legislative time-bomb affecting family proceedings.”
The Times, 28th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
” Vulnerable children face a greater risk of harm because of a dramatic rise in the cost of taking them into care, ministers have been warned.”
The Times, 28th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Birkdale School v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Chancery Division
“Value-added tax was not payable by independent schools on charges made to parents for optional participation in fee refund arrangements; there was a single supply of educational services to parents when they participated in such schemes.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a written ministerial statement on the outcome of a consultation on court fees in public law family proceedings.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st April 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Birkdale School, Sheffield v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2008] EWHC 409 (Ch); WLR (D) 74
“Value added tax was not payable by independent schools on charges made to parents for participation in optional fees refund arrangements. There was a single supply of educational services to parents when they participated in such schemes.”
WLR Daily, 5th March 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The Civil Justice Council (CJC) looks set to back ‘light-touch’ regulation of the fast-emerging market for third-party dispute funding, in a move that could further usher the model into the mainstream of UK litigation.”
Legal Week, 14th February 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Gloucestershire County Council v Evans and others: [2008] EWCA Civ 21; [2008] WLR (D) 25
“A conditional fee agreement which provided for payment of a basic rate of £95 per hour, with an enhancement first to £145 per hour as the basic charge on winning the case, and then to £290 per hour, in the event of success for risk element was not contrary s 58(4)(b) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 and art 4 of the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2000 and was therefore enforceable.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Jones v Wrexham Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“Whether a conditional fee agreement was one as to own side’s costs, depended on analysing the arrangement for the agreement, the client-care letter explaining the effect of the arrangement and the insurance policy recommended by the solicitor.”
The Times, 21st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) has branded a report claiming it has short-changed some sick miners seeking repayment of fees as ‘unduly harsh’ and ‘negative’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th January 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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