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Is ATE Insurance Necessary in a Personal Injury Claim?

by James | Dec 24, 2019 | Legal Costs, Robert Collington

What is ATE Insurance? After the Event Insurance is used by many Claimant law firms in England and Wales and is also known as Legal Expense Insurance. It is a type of policy that provides the Claimant with legal protection against paying the Defendant’s legal costs in...

Form N260: Statements of Costs

by James | Dec 3, 2019 | Legal Costs, Robert Collington

The 104th Update of the CPR changed the wording of Practice Direction 51X and has brought about a two year pilot scheme from 1st April 2019 for a new style N260 Statement of costs . In the new style statement of costs, there are two new versions, the N260(a) and the...

Electronic Bill of Costs – Changes to Practice Direction 47

by James | Nov 26, 2019 | Legal Costs, Robert Collington

. When were the New Electronic Bill of Costs introduced? In 2018, an update to Practice Direction 47 of the the CPR meant that some very important and progressive changes were made to the preparatory work required in respect of Bills of Costs. From 6th April 2018, use...

Practice Direction 3E & It’s Importance to Your Cost Budget

by James | Nov 20, 2019 | Legal Costs, Robert Collington

What is Practice Direction 3E? The CPR requires successful parties in a case to submit a Cost Budget of their legal costs. The purpose of this type is to control the recoverable costs of either party on conclusion of proceedings. The costs within a Cost Budget are...

Using Proclaim Software: A User Guide on Development

by James | Nov 20, 2019 | James Denby

At Legal Practice Support, we are always happy to aid SME Law firms in using Proclaim Software, which is why we have created a general guide below outlining the main key features of Proclaim, and how it can be developed.Proclaim is available as either an installed...