Court of Appeal finds way to apply fixed costs to EL case wrongly run outside portal

A claimant who wrongly began and settled their claim for noise-induced hearing loss outside of the EL/PL protocol should be limited to fixed costs under the provisions that penalise poor conduct in costs, the Court of Appeal has ruled, after finding that neither the protocol nor rule 45.24 applied the fixed-costs regime in the circumstances.

Focus on persuading me, not drowning me in paper, Court of Appeal judge urges advocates

A Court of Appeal judge has urged advocates to focus on persuading the judges in front of them and not drowning the court with “excessively long and complex” skeleton arguments, which he described as a “curse”. Sir Stephen Irwin said that this was one of the causes of “complexity and obscurity in the law”.

Solicitors should go after other third-party capture insurers after Haven ruling, says Law Society

The Law Society has encouraged solicitors to consider taking action against insurers who settled personal injury cases directly with their clients without paying their fees. It comes following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, which upheld the Court of Appeal ruling that Haven Insurance should pay Gavin Edmondson Solicitors what it was due.

Solicitor rebuked and fined after misleading court and failing to make proper note of hearing

Supreme Court upholds decision that third-party capture insurer still has to pay solicitors’ costs

High Court: claimant who gave “misleading impression” not fundamentally dishonest