Daily Archives: March 5, 2020

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In a case reported in Litigation Futures, a medical expert has been ordered to pay costs of £89,000. Remarkably the expert, Mr Jamil was “wholly unable to articulate the test to be applied in determining breach of duty in a clinical negligence case” Unfit expert hit with £89k third-party costs order In another case there…

What happens when a client rejects advice to make an offer

A recent case in the Court of Appeal has clarified part of the Law Society’s Model Conditional Fee Agreement. This is the section that deals with a client’s failure to accept advice from the solicitor in relation to settlement. Paragraph 7 (iii) (b) of the agreement includes the following – (iii) We can end this…