This piece does not deal with court fees themselves, but rather the principles and practices of court fee remissions and recoverability and so on, and the process of seeking remission. Continue reading
REUTERS | Phil Noble
December 5, 2019
Court fee remission (Part 1)
REUTERS | Toby Melville
December 4, 2019
Contempt of court can be found if proceedings have not been issued: Jet 2 Holidays Limited v Karl Hughes and Laura Hughes
This was an appeal bought by Jet 2 Holidays Ltd. The appeal related to an application by the claimant for permission to bring committal proceedings against the defendant for contempt. Karl and Laura Hughes, the defendants, had intimated a claim against Jet 2 Holidays Ltd, the claimants, in relation to holiday sickness. Continue reading
REUTERS | Edgar Su
November 28, 2019
Is litigation funding expensive?
No commercial litigation solicitor bats an eyelid to the principle of a 100% uplift in a conditional fee agreement (CFA). They are taking the risk of losing all their work in progress if the case is unsuccessful and a 100% uplift is just reward. Continue reading