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Month: November 2014

Access to justice and the funding gap

November 25, 2014 admin Uncategorized

In a mature legal system, with a complex body of law, I would suggest that access to justice is to all intents and purposes largely dependent on the ability of a litigant to source and fund appropriate professional advice and representation.

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Admissions and the RTA Protocol

November 19, 2014 admin Uncategorized

This week  I had cause to look at the Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents (2nd edition). What a curious set of provisions it is. Starting with the most obvious point, claims worth

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Privilege, detailed assessments and private hearings

November 18, 2014 admin Uncategorized

  The case of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited v Dechert LLP [2014] EWHC 3389 (Ch) a decision of Mr Justice Roth is a useful illustration of how costs litigation sometimes throws up issues which

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Costs and the administration of estates

November 9, 2014 admin Uncategorized

Some years ago, The Guardian estimated that as at 2009 the high street banks and solicitors profession charged collectively £1.25 billion a year in fees for dealing with the administration of estates through the grant

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Costs and NIHL

November 6, 2014 admin Uncategorized

Recent pronouncements by the ABI have challenged the amount of costs that insurers are paying to solicitors firms who represent claimants suffering from NIHL/tinnitus. The view expressed by the ABI is that insurers on average are paying

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NIHL and success fees

November 3, 2014 admin Uncategorized

Submissions concluded today before Mr Justice Phillips in Birmingham, on the point as to whether NIHL/tinnitus is a disease or injury for the purposes of fixed success fees under the former part 45 of the

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