Understanding the intricate world of legal costs is essential for any dispute resolution practitioner. This topic delves into the nuances of managing and predicting costs, ensuring you can effectively advise and navigate your clients through the financial aspects of litigation, arbitration, and other dispute resolution processes. Effective funding strategies are crucial to the success of dispute resolution. Here, you'll find expert insights and practical guidance on securing and managing funding, allowing you to support your clients' cases with confidence and precision, from initial consultations to final settlements.
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What is a tort?This Practice Note provides an introduction to tort law by addressing three questions:•what does the concept of being liable in tort...
Negligence—key elements to establish a negligence claimThis Practice Note outlines the key elements for establishing a claim in negligence. For...
Rescission of a contractWhat is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract,...
The doctrine of res judicataWhat is a res judicata?A res judicata is a decision given by a judge or tribunal with jurisdiction over the cause of...
Pre-action—costs recoveryThis Practice Note considers the recovery of costs incurred pre-action. It sets out provisions in the Senior Courts Act 1981 (SCA 1981), CPR 44, pre-action protocols and court guides. It notes the provisions for civil cases that come within the fixed costs regime on or after
Appeals—costs recoveryThis Practice Note provides information on the appeal court’s power to order costs, whether these costs can be summarily assessed and/or ordered on an indemnity basis. whether it is possible to recover the costs incurred during an appeal. It considers the Supreme Court’s power
Injunctions—costs recoveryThis Practice Note considers the costs position following an application for an interim injunction, the general approach taken by the courts and in what circumstances there will be a departure from the general position. This Practice Note also considers the court’s approach
Forthwith orders—costs prior to end of proceedingsThe general rule for detailed assessmentThe general rule for when detailed assessment is to take place is set out in CPR 47.1 which provides that the costs of any part of the proceedings are not to be determined by detailed assessment until the
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