Court Fee Increases - July 2016
22/07/2016
Pete Blackmore, Solicitor at LPC Law reports on Official Receiver and Enforcement Fees Increases.
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22/07/2016
Courts Increase Scrutiny of N325s - July 2016
15/07/2016
County Court administrative centres have been directed to ensure they are checking that requests for warrants of possession have been completed correctly...
Read moreFlight Delay Case to Land at the Court of Appeal
08/07/2016
Flight Delay Case to Land at the Court of Appeal
Read moreLender Beware
24/06/2016
Gareth-Lee Smith, advocate on the Midlands Circuit, revisits the case of Alexander Building Society, following the recent Judgment of the Court of Appeal.
Read moreMandatory Means Mandatory
17/06/2016
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from a tenant who had argued that before the court of first instance made a possession order against her, on mandatory grounds, it should have considered whether such an order was proportionate with reference to her right to a family and private life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”).
Read moreProportionality Prevails over Reasonableness
10/06/2016
In his Judgment in BN v. MGN Limited [2016] EWHC B13 (Costs), dated 3 June 2016, Master Gordon-Saker has given guidance as to the need for costs awarded on the standard basis to be deemed.
Read moreSRA Consults on New Draft Codes of Conduct
03/06/2016
The SRA have opened a consultation on revisions to the Handbook.
Read moreThe Assignment of Conditional Fee Agreements, a Need for Authority
27/05/2016
Luke Gibson, advocate on the South-eastern Circuit, considers the problems faced by firms purchasing assigned conditional fee agreements and the recent judgment of His Honour Judge Wood QC in Jones v. Spire Healthcare Limited (2016).
Read moreCase Update: Denton and Applications for Leave to Appeal Out of Time
20/05/2016
In the matter of Paul Turner v. South Cambridgeshire District Council [2016] EWHC 1017, Mr Justice Warby heard the Applicant’s application for leave to appeal out of time from a decision of the Valuation Tribunal.
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