Wigg & Co - costing cases
News Flash! Please remember litigation is now "Judge directed" and costs may be capped. Be careful! The excercise of a Judge's discretion covers a very wide area.
Power of the Court: The power given to a Judge under the CPRs is very wide. The court has the power to make orders on its own initiative at every stage throughout the case and is empowered under the CPRs to control the evidence and specifically limit the issues on which evidence is required. It may also limit the nature of the evidence and the way it is put before the Court. The court whenever it exercises its powers of discretion, case management and interpretations must do so whenever practicable with regard to CPR 1.1.
Access to Justice: Are we soon to expect a costs recovery system based upon the German model as favoured by Lord Justice Jackson? Access to justice is only possible if solicitors are enabled to run profitable businesses! See "views of a costs draftsman".
This page contains a series of updated pages of information pertaining to legal costs and newlegislation.
Click on the underlined text for further information on the relevant topic.
1 Short Guide to Procedure on Detailed Assessment.
2 Transferring Detailed Assessment to the SCCO
5 Delay in lodging bill and sanctions.
6 Relief from sanctions under CPR.3.9
8 Costs challenged to limit costs to notional scale.
9 Multi Party Costs - Sharing Orders
11 Recovery of Insurance Premiums inter-parties
12 Cost penalties for exaggerated claims.
Conditional Fee Agreements
13 Statutory
Instrument 2000 No. 692
(not enforceable unless certain conditions satisfied)
15 After the Event Insurance Premium (see also The battle between the liability insurers)
16 CFA Covered Costs Applications for pre action disclosure
17 Payment of insurance premiums or their recovery
18 Recovery of insurance premiums
20 Fixed success fees for employers liability claims pursuant to Part 45
21 Re: Claims Direct Cases (SCCO 19th July)
22 Unenforceable CFAs champerty and maintenance
23 Success Fees - "quantum risks in success fees".
24 The battle between the liability insurers and the ATE (RSA) 'pursuit test cases'
26 One Stop Shop. Two Stop Insurers
27 Alternative Dispute Resolution. Consequences of refusal and most recent Jersey Judgement
28 Jurisdiction to Assess Costs Summarily
29 Estimates of Costs and Relevance to Assessment
31 Remedies for Extravagant Conduct by Opposition
35 No Interest on Overpaid Solicitors' Accounts
36 Disclosure of Retainer Documents
38 Indemnity Costs Ordered Against Claimant for Failing to Write Letter Before Action
39 Power of the Court to Order a Party to Pay a Proportion of the Costs
41 Wasted Costs Order Against Whom?
43 Benchmark - Fixed Costs and Costs Capping
47 Public Direct Access to Barristers at Law
48 Costs of Applications for Permission to Apply for Judicial Review
49 Definition of an Expert Witness and Recoverability of Costs of Employee Expert
52 Rule 47 submissions as to costs before judgement
54 Proportionality and Sir Rupert Jackson's final report
55 New Regulations for Contingency Fees in Employment Tribunals
56 VAT and Duties Tribunal - Tax Chamber
58 Power to award gross sum in lieu of assessed costs
59 Interim Certificate for payment of costs
60 The Solicitors (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration Order 2009
63 New Exception to 'Without Prejudice' Rule
64 Costs Management Orders for Construction Cases
65 Latest Updates - August 2012
67 Costs of Representation by Non Solicitors
N.B. This list is NOT exhaustive.
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