Legal Costs

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The solicitors' hourly rate used in assessments of legal costs in Northern Ireland is to be increased by more than 50 per cent to £155 per hour. The new hourly rate, signed off by the Taxing Master on Tuesday, will take effect from 1 June 2025 and will apply until 1 April 2027.

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Solicitor Barry Magee is to be appointed as the next chief legal costs adjudicator. Mr Magee joined the Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicator in 2020 and will take the reins from Paul Behan upon Mr Behan's retirement next month.

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A High Court judge has opined extensively on legal costs in Ireland in a judgment delivered in the course of litigation as between siblings over inherited family property. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Michael Twomey opined that “there was no obligation on her to provide a

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RDJ partner Ronan Geary considers a significant consequence of Brexit for UK-based litigants in the Irish courts. A recent High Court decision, delivered by Ms Justice Bolger, in Henderson v Dublin Airport Authority T/A DAA Public Ltd Company & Anor (Approved) [2024] IEHC 29, has strongly sugges

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With recent commentary from High Court judges past and present, the issue of legal costs in Ireland has arisen once again. Killian Flood writes on the issue of legal costs from a barrister’s perspective.

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The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of a solicitor against the High Court's refusal to review a Taxing Master's assessment. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Maurice Collins found that Mr Justice Donald Binchy “was particularly qualified to carry out such an exer

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A solicitor was directed to pay €500 to a client who won a payout in a personal injuries case after not adequately explaining the costs involved. The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) found that the legal services "were of an inadequate standard because the poor communication from the

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Mason Hayes & Curran partners Gerard Kelly and Gearoid Carey explore recent case law on the allocation of costs in civil litigation. The Court of Appeal recently, in Word Perfect Translation Services Ltd v Minster for Public Expenditure and Reform [2023] IECA 189, addressed a costs order made in

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