Following various pilots since 2015, there has been minimal, arguably no, uptake of the concept of
electronic bills of costs at the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO).
Asked to select my favourite provision of the new EU Regulation, I feigned a migraine and lamented the delay until 6 April 2018 in the mandatory use of
the electronic bill of costs.
Turning to the rules, Practice Direction to CPR 47.6 sets out the circumstances in which
an electronic bill of costs must be used.
Costs lawyers have given a thumbs down to the new
electronic bill of costs, Precedent AA and its successor Precedent AB, and launched a rival version of their own.
Not exact matches
Practitioners will have to use the
electronic bill for all
costs incurred after 6 April 2018; for cases that started before, they will have a choice
of whether to present earlier
costs in either an
electronic or traditional format.
Bill of Costs Bill of Costs (Tariff Items) Consent Form 18 Requisition — General Form 41 Subpoena Form 52.2 Certificate Concerning Code
of Conduct for Expert Witnesses Form 80A Affidavit Form 91 Direction to Attend Form 124A Notice
of change
of solicitor Form 146A1 Affidavit
of service Form 146A2 Affidavit
of service — Personal Service Form 146B Solicitor's Certificate
of Service Form 149 Tender
of Payment into Court Form 171A Statement
of claim Form 171B Statement
of defence Form 171C Reply Form 171D Counterclaim against parties to main action only Form 171E Counterclaim against plaintiff and person not already party to the main action Form 171F Defence to Counterclaim Form 171G Reply to defence to counterclaim Form 171H Third Party Claim against a person already party to the action Form 171I Third Party Claim against a person not already party to the action Form 171J Third Party Defence Form 171K Reply to Third Party Defence From 223 Affidavit
of Documents Form 255 Request to Admit Form 256 Response to Request to Admit Form 258 Request for Pre-Trail Conference Form 301 Notice
of Application Form 305 Notice
of Appearance — Application Form 314 Requisition for Hearing — Application Form 337 Notice
of Appeal Form 341A Notice
of Appearance — Appeal Form 344 Certificate
of Completeness
of Appeal Book Form 347 Requisition for Hearing — Appeal Form 359 Notice
of Motion Memorandum
of Fact and Law Model Bifurcation Order Model Jeopardy Order Motion Record Notice
of Consent to
Electronic Service Solicitor's Certificate
of Expert Witness
The health care
cost containment
bill signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick will soon bring sweeping changes to Massachusetts hospitals and patients, including more widespread use
of electronic medical records and a «cooling off» period before filing medical malpractice lawsuits.
The a la carte menu
of goods and services now added to a convict's
bill include: arrest warrants; the collection
of DNA samples; court administrative
costs; rental
of electronic monitoring devices for home stays, room and board for jail stays, and their parole and probation officer.
In the healthcare industry, we have
electronic filing for Medicare
cost reports and
electronic billing software to ease the burden
of administration.
Today marks the date which some
Costs Lawyers have dubbed «E-Day»; the introduction of the electronic format bill of c
Costs Lawyers have dubbed «E-Day»; the introduction
of the
electronic format
bill of costscosts.
The judiciaries
of England and Wales now require the submission
of an
electronic form
bill of costs.
The intention is that
electronic bills will provide greater transparency regarding the value
of costs being claimed, be easier to compile, and less expensive to prepare by using automated calculations.
Progressive also reduces the
cost of your premium if you use
electronic billing, complete safety courses or have a LoJack vehicle recovery system.
The long - awaited
bill, which goes into effect on April 1, still does not recognize bitcoin as a currency, but it has accepted that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have «asset - like values» that can be used «as payment to indefinite parties for the
cost of purchase or rent
of items or receipt
of services and which can be transferred by means
of electronic data processing systems,» explained Bitflyer exchange.
The legislation follows a series
of pro-cryptocurrency moves from the Japan Diet: If you recall, Japanese lawmakers signed a landmark
bill early this year that recognize cryptocurrencies like bitcoin as a method
of payment «for the
cost of purchase or rent
of items or receipt
of services and which can be transferred by means
of electronic data processing systems.»
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