Costs

Articles

27 Oct 2009

Business opportunity

Many victims of cartels mistakenly believe that private enforcement claims only benefit consumers, but they also provide businesses with the opportunity to recover their losses in a cost-effective way, say Ingrid Gubbay and Anthony Maton

27 Oct 2009

If the cap fits

Applications for costs capping orders could end up being as expensive and protracted as the case itself, says Andrew Butler

20 Oct 2009

Update: commercial contracts

Sara Partington considers cases on unfair contract terms, the duty of care owed by those providing advice on websites, lack of clarity in email contracts, and an injunction served on Twitter

13 Oct 2009

Sole practices and two-partner firms dominate Assigned Risks Pool

The vast majority of law firms that failed to find indemnity insurance earlier this month and fell into the Assigned Risks Pool (ARP) are sole practices and two-partner firms, the SRA has revealed.

6 Oct 2009

APIL draws line in sand over fixed costs

John McQuater, president of APIL, said an agreement on a new procedure and fixed costs regime for road traffic accident cases under £10,000 would cover the majority of personal injury cases.

6 Oct 2009

Up to scratch

New initiatives to help practitioners keep up to date with the funding options available to their clients should be embraced and widely implemented, says Paul Howcroft

8 Sept 2009

Changing tack

The modern legal costs industry that was initially created to serve insurers and defendants has, in the space of little more than a decade, undergone a rise and fall that would have taken other industries decades to pass through.

18 Aug 2009

Wealthy widow wins negligence action over "back to front" error in will

A wealthy widow has won her negligence claim against Surrey solicitors Triggs Wilkinson Mann at the High Court.