Sentences with phrase «high cost cases»

But the February 2007 proposals for inclusion in the panel of providers for very high cost cases (VHCC) indicated that the primary criterion would be price.

Criminal solicitors could bring a legal challenge against the Legal Services Commission's (LSC's) consultation paper on high cost cases.

Under the new system for Very High Cost Cases scheme, fees paid are very much less.

A further eight Very High Cost Cases (VHCCs) due to take place in the coming months are likely to encounter similar problems.

Senior barristers have been declining briefs for very high cost cases (VHCCs) at the proposed rates, while both sections of the profession boycotted courts during a half - day protest earlier this month and have indicated they may stage another protest mid-February.

COMMENT We can perhaps expect many more of these when the first big very high cost cases (VHCCs) hit and experienced counsel can not be found.

A 30 % reduction in fees for Very High Cost Cases has led to a boycott by criminal barristers, which resulted in the high - profile stay of a multi-defendant fraud trial at Southwark Crown Court last month (R v Crawley).

- An aim to reduce fees for Crown Court advocacy and very high cost cases (VHCCs)(both litigation and advocacy), which are not included in the proposals for competition.

Nevertheless, I believe a shorter form of detailed assessment in high cost cases with concise bills and submissions would be popular and effective to the extent that it would rehabilitate the court's role in resolving costs litigation.

The Law Society is threatening legal action against the Legal Services Commission (LSC) over its plans to introduce tendering for very high cost cases (VHCCs).

Dr. Thorning: In the high cost case, backstop technology is assumed to decline over time from $ 300 per tonne to $ 100 per tonne by 2050; in the low cost case the cost stays at $ 300 per tonne permanently.

Featured in the article is the VFS High Cost Case Funding (HCCF) product, which is offered in partnership with Citadel Law.

§ pay litigators in all cases with an estimated trial length of up to 60 days at the rates in the Litigators» Graduated Fee scheme, rather than at Very High Cost Case rates.

Otherwise, the cases that are more lucrative for the lawyer or paralegal would not pay for the less lucrative cases and, as a result, lawyers and paralegals would decline to take on the higher risk or higher cost cases.

These include: the new police station fixed fees; expansion of the duty solicitor call centre and Criminal Defence Service Direct; and introduction of the very high cost case contracting panel.

Tuckers is a member of the Very High Cost Case (VHCC) panel, meaning we are one of the few firms in the country authorised to deal with significant, high - value fraud cases.

Litigator graduated fees (LGF) apply to all cases where the representation order is dated on or after 14 January 2008, and which do not fall within the very high cost case (VHCC) funding regime.

Criminal Law Solicitors» Association (CLSA) chair Ian Kelcey says he does not think the consultation, Very High Cost Case Panel, published last week, is adequate.

Law Society chief executive Des Hudson says the decision renders the LSC's right to unilaterally amend the unified contract severely curtailed, if not destroyed, and the LSC needs to rethink urgently the general criminal contract and very high cost case contract, both due in January 2008.

«Due to the required notice period, this delay means that the contractual and policy changes for police station remuneration, duty solicitor call centre expansion and very high cost case panel (commencing 1 November) will now be implemented from 15 October 2007 — not 1 October as previously stated.»

Not exact matches

As higher costs are passed on to consumers, supporters aim to put a dent in sales, as was the case in Berkeley, where according to public health officials retail purchases of sugar - sweetened beverages dropped nearly 10 % during the first year of that city's soda tax.

In many cases, acceleration should lower their costs, as nominal interest rates will likely be higher two years from now than they are today, and idle construction crews in Alberta are relatively abundant.

If that is the case then why bother with green bonds at all, given the higher compliance costs for the province?

Cost is the first and perhaps highest barrier, since Bridge calls on parents to pay for tuition, lunch, and, in certain cases, school supplies.

Premiums typically range from $ 2,500 to $ 6,000 a year, and insurers that provide it have been hiking those premiums in recent years, and in some cases trimming the benefits they offer, in response to unexpectedly high costs.

Cost: In case this one even needs explaining, businesses face significantly higher costs to send out flyers, catalogs, letters or any other sort of physical mail, whereas electronic messages cost virtually nothCost: In case this one even needs explaining, businesses face significantly higher costs to send out flyers, catalogs, letters or any other sort of physical mail, whereas electronic messages cost virtually nothcost virtually nothing.

While lower crude prices mean cheaper gasoline in the U.S., which should spur demand, that's not so much the case in other countries, where taxes represent a higher portion of the cost of gas (as in Europe).

While many do have slightly higher expense ratios than their developed - market peers — a reflection of the higher cost of investing in these markets — that is not always the case.

Some 401 (k) s only offer high - cost investments, and in that case, you may be better off maxing out an IRA before making additional 401 (k) contributions.»

Cruz has arguably been making a Byrd case for his amendment in recent days, by describing it as direct taxpayer subsidization of people's high medical costs.

One of the big upsides of a DRIP is that this regular investment in a particular stock assures you'll be benefiting from dollar cost averaging, meaning that because you're regularly investing — quarterly, in most cases — and because stocks rise and fall, you'll avoid buying a stock at its highest price.

Citing Ripple's traction with global banks, including UBS, Santander, CIBC, UniCredit, ReiseBank, ATB Financial and National Bank of Abu Dhabi, the report points out that far from being just hype, Ripple's solution is already cutting the time and internal costs for cross-border payments for banks, while enabling the increasingly crucial use case of high - volume, low - value global transactions.

Whelan: The financial case for sustainability is the high correlation between good environmental and social governance performance in a company and good stock performance, lower cost of capital and better operational performance.

If that were the case, then I would regard the costs as exceptionally high.

This is particularly true in cases where the new rules single out certain activities as especially concerning and impose further taxes, whether in the form of higher capital charges, more stringent regulatory supervision or activity - specific legal and regulatory costs and restrictions.

In most cases, this has been due to moving the manufacture of goods formerly made in the U.S. to countries where they could be made for sufficiently less money to cover the cost of shipping plus a higher profit.

In the case of an oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shipped.

So in summary — most likely maintaining a public ledger would have meaningfully higher transactions cost than centralized clearing — however, there are use cases for bitcoin / cryptos where fiat currency is not an option so difference is transactions costs is not a consideration — to the extent the market ascribes value to bitcoin / cryptos this value can not be diluted or as easily confiscated

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There are exceptions to this rule if your home is in a «high cost» area, in which case loan amounts can rise to more than $ 679,650.

«Further, given the relatively higher cost of capital in Australia and the global competition for a seemingly scarce pool of quality national assets, IAG may struggle to compete in any case.»

In most cases, your ROI in America will be higher than in Canada and overseas (very strong US $, less cost for transport and sales channel).

Bigger clients lead to higher occupancy and in some cases, less churn, which reduces the cost of acquisition.

This limited what the organisation could do in terms of communications and «the choice of vendors was getting smaller and the cost was getting higher, so that's a compelling business case to move,» she said.

In most cases you will find that your exact match keyword has the highest conversion rate but also costs you the most with the least amount of traffic, and that the exact opposite is true for broad match.

Over the past decade, nearly 40 percent of all patent cases in the U.S. have been filed in Marshall and Tyler, Texas, two places known for their plaintiff - friendly decisions and sky - high court costs.

Adoption is expensive in the United States, with costs ranging from $ 25,000 to $ 40,000 and even higher, in some cases — frequently required in one lump sum.

Richard Lamm, the former governor of Colorado who has campaigned against excessive medical costs, recently cited the case of a patient in a Washington, D.C., hospital who has been in a comatose state since Lamm was a high school student.

This will probably continue to be the case for some time due to high costs to producers for certification and other factors.

«In many cases, the cost price we pay is higher than the retailers I see somewhere else.