Jon Williams

Costs lawyer & director at Williams Associates. Sport (particularly that of kings), guitars - and #legal #costs - these are a few of my favourite things.

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@kirby_pj @gatehouse_law @CharlotteLWilk Megan Thee Stallion’s “Budget” wouldn’t have been appropriate in polite company but the line “Without the money, I don't budge, what's the budget?” may have been rather apt 🤣

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@Wigapedia Absolutely. Coincidentally, I acted for the various paying parties in the GSD case (and have not dealt with, or even read about, a case anything quite like that one in ~30 years!)

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SZ Solicitors (a firm) & Ors v Bharj & Anor [2024] EWCC 5 (06 August 2024): an astonishing case on any reading and the solicitors should consider it rather fortunate that they recovered their fees as they did (or even at all!) 😳 https://t.co/BxQWhg9DxY

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Guilty of retrospectively creating client care letters and signing off a bill with moody hourly rates, among other gems, and yet still fees (together with, albeit limited, costs of the claim) were recovered? 😳

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Supreme Court holds that litigation funding agreements are damages based agreements and unenforceable https://t.co/g6YZZ9kLQh

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Exact start dates confirmed for fixed #costs extension https://t.co/7OMTZn73TY

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Raab considers “cost shifting” to keep family law cases out of court https://t.co/DDVv7fAWh8

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High Court rejects client's bid to escape £417k payment to City firm https://t.co/lbiouAfm9r

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Warning for fee-share consultants in solicitor's strike-off https://t.co/2Q3B9KqCZk

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#Costs ‘earthquake’ as CPR changes reverse claimant protection https://t.co/Wrkww71b6S

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You almost got me excited then, Netflix. Merry Christmas to my fellow #CostsNerds

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Birss: Why can't #costs budgets be based on solicitors' estimates? https://t.co/W0HM9Ff1SA

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High Court upholds ruling that $3m CFA is unforceable #Ouch https://t.co/Ok0TSVQLyj

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Court of Appeal warns of "perverse incentives" from litigation funding https://t.co/ju5WoouHrT

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Law firms generate £1.4bn in fees from clinical negligence cases https://t.co/SL8X45BLBO

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Defendant DBAs are unlawful, Court of Appeal rules https://t.co/siYLP2vaRi

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#Costs lawyers urged to play bigger role in "out of control" market https://t.co/nN4g1DEf7P

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“Reprehensible” clients ordered to pay ex-solicitors indemnity #costs https://t.co/DPXmVN8BlQ

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DBA client admits allegations against law firm were to get out of paying https://t.co/GShnkHUr8b

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Government puts back fixed #costs extension by six months https://t.co/02MKdvtgk1