A couple of tips for girls on this forum as to how to cut legal costs. Yes, apparently these tips are specifically for “girls”. Don’t ask why I was visiting this site. And, to be fair, the advice is probably spot on: How to cut legal costs. (Link to external site.)
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GWS partner Simon Gibbs has contributed two chapters on legal costs to the recently published Claims Handling Law and Practice – A Practitioner’s Guide. Produced, and otherwise written, by leading defendant solicitors Kennedys, this practitioner’s desktop handbook is an invaluable tool for claims handlers. It covers all areas of general liability including motor claims, clinical
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The Advisory Committee on Civil Costs has released updated Guideline Hourly Rates to apply from 1st January 2009. It has been made clear that these are very much interim in nature and that further investigations will be conducted to determine whether the overall levels are appropriate. In particular, this will consider the 20-35% difference in
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GWS partner Simon Gibbs acted as an expert witness in the field of the legal costs industry in the case of Andrew Reid v Capita Group. The case recently settled on confidential terms.
We are pleased to be able to announce that Simon Gibbs of GWS as been invited for the second year running to be a speaker at the prestigious CLT Annual Solicitors Costs Conference. He will be speaking on the subject of “Personal Injury – The New Claims Process”. The event will be held on 30th
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Click through to an article published in the Gazette on the uncertain future facing costs draftsmen.
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GWS were this year’s guest speakers at Munich Re’s prestigious Annual Claims Managers’ Seminar.
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We are delighted to announce that Emily Fraser has joined GWS. She was called to the Bar in 2005 and was previously Costs Advocate with Legal Costs Negotiators Ltd. Emily has a strong background in dealing with technical costs matters and a broad range of advocacy experience, particularly in high value claims including clinical negligence
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