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No means test and no minimum payment for QOCS, government decides

Djanogly: still working on third-party claims

There is to be no means test to benefit from qualified one-way costs-shifting (QOCS), the government has announced.

In a statement to Parliament today that follows advice given by the Civil Justice Council, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly said there will also be no minimum payment required of a losing party.

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Official secrets

Your COFA should live, sleep, eat and breathe financial management. This isn’t optional; rule 1 of the Accounts Rules demands compliance with the SRA principles and Code of Conduct in relation to effective financial management of the firm. So what is effective financial management? Outcomes-focused regulation usually means you have to guess what the SRA expects; however, in a rare moment of clarity, the SRA has explained exactly what good and bad financial management looks like.

June 17th, 2013

No means test and no minimum payment for QOCS, government decides