Tag: clinical negligence
Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight responds to questions raised by Rachel Rothwell, Editor of Litigation Funding, for forthcoming publication
To what extent has the costs profession evolved since its inception, and have there been any key milestones of particular significance? I started in costs…
Harmans Costs Brief – February 2016
Costs Brief February is here! Where else could we start but Gary Knight’s scathing response to Lord Justice Jackson’s vision of fixed costs. There’s also a legal costs update…
Fixed costs – the time is now? Gary Knight discusses below
So sayeth the Lord – well Lord Justice Jackson in his recent IPA Annual Lecture given on 28 January 2016. It has appeared inevitable in…
Falling foul of proportionality by Nishma Shah
The recent case of Hobbs v Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC B20 (Costs), has highlighted a key consideration that the Court…
The application of the “new” proportionality test on an assessment of costs
It has been sometime since the “new” test for proportionality was introduced for work undertaken post 1 April 2013 with CPR 44.3(2) stating: “Where the…
Legal Futures Insight – Personal Injury report
Personal Injury lawyers should check out the latest Legal Futures Insight publication, which looks in depth at their sector, and in particular MedCo, ATE, clinical negligence…