One-way costs shifting – The sting in the tail
I recently received an email from someone who is writing an article for their university newsletter and wanted my views on the potential impact of the Civil Litigation Costs Review on defendant panel...
View ArticleCheaper personal injury claims?
Recent articles in the Law Gazette have expressed concern about the practice of “third-party capture” where insurers approach accident victims directly in an attempt to agree damages without the...
View ArticleLegal costs news update
Post Magazine has reported that a delay to the approval of the draft rules for the new RTA claims process means that the previous April 2010 implementation date will be postponed by at least a month....
View ArticleHave defendants been stitched up?
Before defendants get too excited about the positive recommendations that appear in Lord Justice Jackson's final report on his Review of Civil Litigation Costs it is time for a reality check. The...
View ArticleCosts draftsmen’s late Christmas present
A number of readers no doubt work in the area of RTA claims. Some at the front-end of the claims process dealing with the substantive claim, others at the tail-end of the costs side. Hopefully, those...
View ArticleWe’re all doomed
I am going to do something that does not come naturally to me. I have going to admit I was wrong. Worse than that, I am going to have to admit to being wrong about three things. This whole process is...
View ArticleExclusive RTA Protocol Article
We are always looking for interesting content for our readers and the Legal Costs Blog is absolutely delighted to have obtained an exclusive article from specialist costs counsel Kevin Latham and Mark...
View ArticlePortal of Doom runs into problems
The Law Society Gazette has reported problems on the launch of the new RTA Claims Process portal. If only there had been some way to predict this.
View ArticleJackson hung out to dry?
I had prepared a detailed post advising readers of the Legal Costs Blog which party they should vote for in the General Election. Unfortunately, due to a technical problem, the post did not appear....
View ArticleReferral fee debate
Following on from the Legal Service Board's recent report into referral fees, which concluded that there was no evidence that referral fees caused consumer detriment, is the Legal Services Consumer...
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