FOCUS OF THE DAY: Practitioners face a sea change in litigation funding from April. The new costs budgeting regime comes into force for most multi-track civil cases, with warnings that practitioners who get it wrong face limited scope to apply for relief, disciplinary action for professional misconduct and being sued by clients for negligence. Full story - Law Gazette
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