Latest by Aimee Talbot
Bossing the rules
Watch out for RPC's new blog mini-series on the SRA Standards and Regulations 2019.
Read moreCosts proportionality: answers at last?
Practitioners have been waiting six years for authoritative guidance on how the new post-April 2013 proportionality test applies in the hope that we will be better able to predict the outcome of costs assessment and, therefore, better equipped to advise our clients. A recent Court of Appeal decision has been described as delivering this; however, it raises a number of new issues which are sure to give rise to further satellite litigation. As such, proportionality remains the great unknown.
Read moreJudge makes alarming comments about validity of standstill agreements in Inheritance Act claims
In a recent judgment, the High Court has cast doubt on the extent to which the court will recognise standstill agreements in applications under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependents) Act 1975.
Read moreSection 14A, don't delay!
The Court of Appeal has upheld a judge's decision to deal summarily with a dispute as to the claimant's date of knowledge under s14a Limitation Act 1980. The judgment also contains a handy summary of the key law in the area.
Read moreCourt refuses s61 relief in claim by buyer against seller's solicitors
In a decision handed down earlier this month, the High Court in Purrunsing -v- (1) A'Court & Co. (a firm); (2) House Owners Conveyancers Limited [2016] EWHC 789 refused relief under section 61 Trustee Act 1925 to a firm of solicitors and a firm of licensed conveyancers who acted in the sale of a property by a fraudster.
Read moreHere today, gone tomorrow – Calderbank offers and costs protection
A recent case highlights a mistake to avoid when trying to obtain costs protection from Calderbank offers.
Read moreSection 14A: Equity aids the vigilant!
The recent Court of Appeal case of Chinnock –v- Veale Wasbrough [2015] EWCA Civ 441 is a stark reminder to potential claimants to seek a second opinion if they are dissatisfied with their legal advice, or risk the consequences.
Read moreOxford solicitor receives biggest SDT fine yet
Former solicitor Nigel Harvie has been ordered to pay £305,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ("SDT") – the biggest fine (by a long way) ever imposed by the tribunal.
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