Costs

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12 Jan 2012

Government should consider whiplash laws, MPs say

MPs on the transport select committee said today that the government should consider bringing in laws to restrict whiplash claims if the Jackson reforms failed to reduce them.

9 Jan 2012

Questioning assumptions

The Jackson reforms simply acknowledge that the ability to litigate at a proportionate cost should be available to both claimants and defendants, says Simon Gibbs

12 Dec 2011

Third time lucky

The voluntary third-party funding code is a step in the right direction, but will we need more formal regulation in the future? Gavin Foggo and Caroline Benham report

12 Dec 2011

Too much information

The mandatory obligation to disclose the level of ATE cover is damaging access to justice, argues Matthew Amey

5 Dec 2011

Equal pay victory opens the way for ex-employees

Case 'would not have happened' under Jackson regime

5 Dec 2011

Not worth the wick

The courts have taken a pragmatic approach in abuse of process claims, but it will be to a party's detriment if they don't put all their cards on the table, says Nathalie Burn

29 Nov 2011

Pay gap

Are higher hourly rates for defendant solicitors justified? Simon Gibbs reports

28 Nov 2011

Few solicitors understand e-disclosure, Jackson LJ complains

“Relatively few solicitors and even fewer barristers” really understand e-disclosure, Lord Justice Jackson has said in the latest lecture on his costs reforms.