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Killer clause: How canny piece of wishful thinking netted Claudio Ranieri £6.7 million bonus - Legal Cheek

http://www.legalcheek.com/2016/05/killer-clause-how-canny-piece-of-wishful-thinking-netted-claudio-ranieri-6-7-million-bonus/
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‘Lawyer of the week’ confesses missing the most extraordinary moment of her legal career because she skipped a court day - Legal Cheek

http://www.legalcheek.com/2016/04/lawyer-of-the-week-confesses-missing-the-most-extraordinary-moment-of-her-legal-career-because-she-skipped-a-court-day/
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Gordon Exall's Report on the latest decision on Costs Budgets

https://civillitigationbrief.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/what-is-meant-by-a-significant-development-amending-the-costs-budget-when-claim-doubles-in-size-claimant-gets-the-boot/
Where the developments in a PI claim were "capable of being envisaged at th...
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Susskind: ‘You have five years to reinvent the legal profession’ | News | Law Society Gazette

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/susskind-you-have-five-years-to-reinvent-legal-profession/5054990.article
Professor says law schools are ‘churning out 20th-century lawyers’ rather t...
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TAKING TECHNICAL POINTS AS TO SERVICE: JUDICIAL DISMAYTHAT THE MATTER WAS PURSUED | Civil Litigation Brief

https://civillitigationbrief.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/taking-technical-points-as-to-service-dismay-that-the-matter-was-pursued/
One of the most difficult decisions that litigators now face is whether to ...
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Court upholds contingency fee agreement

http://www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk/news/acl-e-bulletin/court-upholds-contingency-fee-agreement-2
The High Court has given “courage” to those exploring contingency fee agree...
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Appetite for obstruction

https://www.yahoo.com/news/appetite-for-obstruction-lawyer-eats-evidence-to-091424292.html
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New Format Bill of Costs, by Louise Spurdle (Chester)

I read in the media today that Lord Justice Jackson is calling for a new fo...
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The Sheffield Legal Walk

We will be walking to raise funds for free legal advice charities to help t...
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Can a Claimant recover indemnity costs after successfully beating its own Part 36 offer in cases where the costs fall under CPR 45, section IIIA?

This point was addressed at the hearing of two related appeals in the cases...
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Kerry-Anne Moore, Swansea

Kerry-Anne Moore, Swansea
We are pleased to announce that we will be joined on 1st February by Kerry-...
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Louise Spurdle

Louise Spurdle
We are pleased to announce that we will be joined on 4th January 2016 by Co...
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Vlamaki v Sookias & Sookias [2015] EWHC 3334 (QB) (20 November 2015)

Or, when is a bill not a bill? In this far reaching decision on private ret...
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Costs Budgets to be filed at an earlier stage - don't let your firm be out of pocket!

According to minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee’s November meeti...
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BTE Insurers' Panel Solicitors Claim for Costs Collapses

Why would a member of a certain BTE Insurer's panel accept £14,000 in full ...
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