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Taking the Legal Jargon out of Legal Fees

Time for Plain Language

Some of the terms used by lawyers are sometimes, we think, not designed with clients in mind. We've tried to explain some of the terms that you might ...

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Were you charged an ATE Premium?

What is an ATE policy and did really need it?

An ATE policy is a policy of insurance taken out to cover the risk of losing your case and having to pay the opponent's costs. The ATE premium is the ...

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Common Words and Terms in Legal Fees

The field of legal fees, just like the law generally, is full of jargon that can be difficult to understand. Here we explain in hopefully straightforw...

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Just because your solicitors say it is too late to challenge their bill, don’t take their word for it

The solicitors argued that the client was largely out of time to challenge bills

Masters v Charles Fussell & Co LLP [2021] EWHC B1 (Costs) (11 January 2021) See the full judgment here https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Costs/...

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Received a bill out of the blue from your solicitors? Send it to us straight away - you may be entitled to a refund!

Have you received a puzzling bill that doesn't seem to ask you to pay anything? It could be because you have already been overcharged!

Why has my solicitor sent a bill for an accident claim I had months or even years ago? It doesn't seem to be asking me to pay anything? ​This cou...

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