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Music producer wins Marmite battle

A music producer has avoided potentially crippling legal costs after winning a battle over a recording used in TV advertisements for Marmite.

Update: costs

Simon Gibbs reviews the latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules, including recoverability of after the event insurance premiums, staged ATE premiums, the requirement to serve a statement of reasons and court discretion in relation to a breach of the procedural rules

Plan and protect

Whichever government ends up in charge after next year's election, your clients will need to think carefully about their health and pensions plans, says Peter Nellist

Made to measure

Unless you can prove that non-compliance has caused a measurable increase in costs, it is unlikely that a costs order will be made or any penalty given, warns Francesca Kaye

Danish scientist latest victim of "libel tourism"

General Electric is preparing to sue a Danish scientist in the English courts for libel over comments he made about a drug manufactured by the multinational conglomerate.

Court can deprive woman who lied of costs

A woman who lied in court during a car insurance fraud trial cannot recover more than a third of her costs, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

No quick fix

Fixed success fees bare no relation to practitioners' assessments of the overall risks in asbestos disease claims and should be removed to protect claimants' access to justice, says Andrew Morgan

Law Society threatens legal action over fate of LCS complaints staff

The Law Society has today threatened legal action over the fate of 370 Legal Complaints Service staff, currently employed in Leamington Spa and London.