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NLJ this week: Civil costs celebrations

28 January 2021
Issue: 7918 / Categories: Legal News , Costs , Procedure & practice
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Two events have generated joy in the civil litigation community this month, NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School, writes this week

They are the consultation on guideline hourly rates, last revised ten years ago, and a Court of Appeal decision on damages-based agreements (DBAs).

Prof Regan, who acted as an adviser on Lord Justice Jackson’s civil litigation reforms, which included allowing DBAs, shares his views on both costs-related developments. He writes that the Ministry of Justice failed to adhere to Jackson LJ’s recommendations, and the resulting regulations ‘were a mess’.

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Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

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Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

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Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
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