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NLJ this week: ‘It is lawyers who are their target’

12 July 2024
Issue: 8079 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Costs
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Beware the rise in wasted costs applications! A lawyer’s nightmare is recurring with ever-more horrifying frequency

But do not fret! NLJ has enlisted Clare Hughes-Williams & Catrin Davies to provide some handy tips and advice on how to protect yourself against this risk.

Hughes-Williams and Davies, both partners at DAC Beachcroft, write: ‘As lawyers who represent the profession and their insurers, we have seen an increase in winning parties in litigation using the wasted costs jurisdiction to recover the significant legal costs that are often incurred. Rather than the losing party, it is lawyers who are their target.’

The authors cover relevant case law and set out some safeguards for lawyers.

Issue: 8079 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Costs
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Brian Hession

mfg Solicitors—Brian Hession

Birmingham commercial property team bolstered by partner hire

STEP—Sara Morgan

STEP—Sara Morgan

Fieldfisher director re-elected as deputy chair of England Wales committee

Osborne Clarke—Andrew Eaton

Osborne Clarke—Andrew Eaton

Restructuring and insolvency expert joins as partner

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Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
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Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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