Litigation/Dispute Resolution


Wasted costs “not the right approach” for ex-client let down by firm

27 March 2024

The High Court has rejected an unusual application by a former client for wasted costs against a law firm which accepted its conduct of his case was “reprehensible”.


Post Office makes “policy decision” to stop using ‘without prejudice’

26 March 2024

The Post Office has made a “policy decision” to remove the label ‘without prejudice’ from its Horizon Shortfall Scheme compensation letters, against legal advice.


Shell seeks millions in costs from law firm over failed oil spill claim

25 March 2024

Listed law firm Rosenblatt is facing the prospect of having to pay out millions of pounds after the High Court allowed proceedings for costs orders against it to proceed.


Inability to afford a lawyer “cannot delay proceedings”, says master

21 March 2024

An impecunious defendant seeking to stay an action because they cannot afford legal representation must show they are trying to rectify the situation, a High Court master has said.


Government publishes bill to reverse impact of PACCAR ruling

20 March 2024

The Ministry of Justice yesterday published a two-clause bill to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling in PACCAR and return certainty to litigation funding agreements.


Post Office lesson of “misalignment” between justice and desire to win

19 March 2024

The case brought by the Post Office against former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton highlights the potential “misalignment” between advocates’ desire to win and a just outcome, academics have argued.


High Court upholds wasted costs order against law firm

18 March 2024

A circuit judge was entitled to make a wasted costs order against a firm of solicitors that failed to translate their client’s statement and pleadings for use at trial, the High Court has ruled.


Lawyers can recover costs of attending rehab meetings “in principle”

18 March 2024

The Court of Appeal has overturned a significant ruling last year that the costs of a fee-earner’s attendance at rehabilitation case management meetings are irrecoverable.


Former Lord Chief cautions against regulation of litigation funding

15 March 2024

Regulation may not be answer for the future of the third-party litigation funding market, a former Lord Chief Justice has cautioned ahead of the Civil Justice Council review of the sector.


Restraint order for academic who sued chambers over website reference

14 March 2024

The High Court has imposed a three-year extended civil restraint order on a former academic who has been pursuing Cloisters Chambers over a reference to him on its website.


Credit hire firm “voluntarily assumed” risk of claimants being dishonest

12 March 2024

A High Court judge has refused to overturn a non-party costs order against a credit hire company, saying the firm “voluntarily assumed the risk” of the claimants turning out to be dishonest.


Revised litigation funding agreements piling up at Court of Appeal

12 March 2024

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has granted permission for another post-PACCAR rewritten litigation funding agreement to go before the Court of Appeal.


Claimant “does not know” identity of funder backing her case

11 March 2024

The High Court has rejected an attempt to progress a challenge to a major international tax transparency measure where the claimant has refused to identify their litigation funder.


Million consumers make car finance mis-selling complaints in a month

11 March 2024

More than a million complaint letters over mis-sold car finance have been sent through consumer help website MoneySavingExpert.com in little over a month.


SRA investigates after-the-event insurance fall-out from SSB collapse

8 March 2024

The SRA is investigating why after-the-event insurers have not paid out on policies arranged by the collapsed SSB Group and whether it shows a wider problem with ATE.

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