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NLJ this week: Costs judges & the ‘dreadful’ drag of delays

18 October 2024
Issue: 8090 / Categories: Legal News , Costs , In Court , Litigation funding , Court of Protection
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Lies cost, as The insider, aka Professor Dominic Regan, reports in this week’s column

Regan, of City Law School, relays news of a rise in fundamental dishonesty pleadings, with devastating results for some less-than-truthful claimants.

Regan offers useful tips for readers on the latest literature to follow up on, including useful guidance from LeO, and a teaser for a future column!

He also discusses the important role of the senior costs judge—who is due to retire at the end of this month with his replacement still to be chosen—suggesting whoever does take over address the ‘dreadful’ delay in assessing bills of costs at the Court of Protection. Regan writes: ‘Apart from the frustration of slow payment for work done long ago, the delay can hinder the finalising of an estate where a protected party has died.’

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Firm promotes London international arbitration specialist to partnership

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Firm bolsters restructuring practice with senior London hires

HFW—Guy Marrison

HFW—Guy Marrison

Global aviation disputes practice boosted by London partner hire

NEWS
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A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever
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