Court of Appeal cracks down on misconduct in detailed assessment in “watershed ruling”

The Court of Appeal has handed down what one of the lawyers involved has described as a “watershed” ruling on the conduct of detailed assessment proceedings, which saw a successful claimant lose half of her profit costs for claiming a higher hourly rate than she was entitled to.

Chakrabarti fires warning shot over delegation of routine judicial tasks

The shadow Attorney General has outlined concerns about legislation that will allow judges to delegate ‘box work’ to court staff. Baroness Chakrabarti said that without proper limits, “this delegation has the potential to change the essential nature of our justice system”.

“Poorly drafted” CFA that named wrong defendant still valid, Court of Appeal rules

A conditional fee agreement that named the wrong defendant was still valid when read in the wider context of the claim, the Court of Appeal has ruled. It found this was actually supported by the slopping drafting of the agreement.

Disclosure reform pilot to begin in January 2019

SCCO refuses latest bid for solicitor’s file as appeal looms

Costs can be proportionate even if they exceed damages, Senior Costs Judge says