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Legal Aid Bill of Costs: Legal Costs Recovery
Legal Aid Bill of Costs: Legal Costs RecoveryLegal aid facilitates access to justice by helping cover the cost of legal advice, mediation and legal representation in Court for persons who are unable to afford legal fees. Legal aid is only given to litigants in civil...
Should I Accept a Part 36 Offer?
Should I Accept a Part 36 Offer? And What are the Costs Consequences? What is a Part 36 Offer? Part 36 offers are made under Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules and can be made as an offer to settle all or part of a claim. Put simply, this type of offer...
Defamation Costs: Recovery and Negotiation of Costs in Publication and Privacy Cases
Defamation Costs: Recovery and Negotiation of Costs in Defamation and Privacy Cases A claim for defamation can be brought if you have been the victim of the publication of a false statement. In defamation matters, the Claimant is likely to have been severely affected...
Increase in Court Fees for the First Time in Five Years
Increase in Court Fees for the First Time in Five Years Following a public consultation on ‘increasing selected Court fees and help with fees income thresholds by inflation’, the Court Fees Order statutory instrument will come into force on 30 September 2021....
QOCS Case Law – Enforcement of Adverse Costs Orders – Ho v Adelkun
QOCS Case Law – Enforcement of Adverse Costs - Ho (Respondent) v Adelekun (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 43 What is QOCS? The costs protection afforded under Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting (QOCS) applies for post April 2013 onwards cases which feature personal...
EHCP Tribunal Costs: Education, Health and Care Plan
EHCP Tribunal Costs: Education, Health and Care Plan What is the Education, Health and Care Plan Tribunal? The EHCP Tribunal handles appeals in respect of cases that involved a local authority or county council’s decision on special educational needs. These types of...