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BBC News
03-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Leeds victory puts pressure on Saints boss Wellens
Betfred Super LeagueSt Helens (0) 4Try: Whitley Leeds (10) 17Tries: Lumb, Miller, Gannon Goals: Miller 2 Drop-goal: Sinfield Leeds Rhinos sealed a Magic Weekend win over St Helens which cranked up the pressure on Saints coach Paul Rhinos forged ahead in a bright opening with tries from Riley Lumb and Lachlan Miller, but the game degenerated into a messy affair with both sides making unforced Whitley struck back for Saints early in the second half but Lewis Murphy's sin-binning, a Jack Sinfield drop-goal and Morgan Gannon's late try ensured Leeds took the win which sends them fourth in Super means Saints have now lost six of their past nine games after starting the season with four straight to follow. St Helens: Sailor; Bennison, Cross, Percival, Murphy; Welsby, Whitby; Paasi, Mbye, Lees, Sironen, Whitley, Lomax, Walmsley, Clark, Miller; Edgell, Newman, Handley, Lumb; Connor, Sinfield; Palasia, O'Connor, Oledzki, McDonnell, Gannon, Holroyd, Lisone, Bentley, Jack Smith.
BBC News
28-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Oxford judge raps 'costs padding' no win, no fee solicitors
A judge has characterised the work undertaken by a firm of no win, no fee solicitors as "costs padding" in the case of a three-year-old boy who was injured on a Farm, near Christchurch, Dorset, agreed to pay damages of £3,600 for the boy's cut lip, Oxford County Court District Judge Richard Lumb said there was a suspicion that the costs reported by personal injury firm Express Solicitors, who represented the boy, may have been "artificially inflated" in order to reach a firm, in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, said it offered good value, was clear about its charges and had not received any complaint from its client. Judge Lumb said the firm's accounts showed nearly 90 hours of work by 14 fee earners, "all at hourly rates which were very significantly higher than the SCCO [Senior Courts Costs Office] guideline hourly rates for Manchester". The incurred costs of £29,641.80 were way in excess of the £1,860 recoverable from the defendant, he judgement continued: "It would appear that the solicitors were prepared to undertake tens of thousands of pounds worth of work for which they were not going to be paid."Any objective observer would consider that to be a very odd way for solicitors to conduct business."The judge added: "The file reveals a considerable amount of duplication of work both by individual and other fee earners."There is also a considerable amount of non-progressive work undertaken that could properly be characterised as 'costs padding'."The judge said it raised a suspicion that the costs were overstated in order for the firm to ensure that its fee would reach a capped he said the cap would have been reached in any case, and the firm could claim a £900 success fee from the a statement, Express said its practice was to agree a maximum amount by way of a percentage deduction that clients would ever have to executive James Maxey said: "In this case the judge awarded the deductions but was somehow unhappy that the costs exceeded the pitifully low fixed costs."An awful lot of work was done but the contract limited the total charges to the client to an amount which ultimately the judge approved." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Gear up for grilling season: ROC BBQ Supply is open in Henrietta
HENRIETTA, N.Y. (WROC) — At 1225 Jefferson Road in Henrietta, is ROC BBQ Supply, open Tuesdays through Saturdays. It's between the Tops and Millennium Games. George Lumb is a first-time business owner, fresh off a busy Easter weekend, one of the unofficial starts of grilling & BBQ season. 'Your seasonings, spices, tools, fuels,' he said. 'You can buy everything in this store to go out and grill in the parking lot.' There are also grills from SNS, Napoleon, and more for sale. Lumb has 250 seasoning blends, 150 sauces, two dozen pellet blends, and over a dozen charcoal blends for sale. There's even a small selection of locally-sourced meat in their freezer. Now open: The Beef & Butter Company in Henrietta Outside of the in-store sales, ROC BBQ Supply has an online ordering system for shipping. Lumb posts daily video content on social media, and curates a BBQ support group on Facebook with about 1,000 members. Lumb started the business a year and a half ago, following stints in retail, video game streaming, digital marketing, and even a fine arts degree in oil painting. JBC Noodle looks to open in Pittsford this month 'What I ended up loving the most about BBQ was the fact that it brings people together,' he said. 'When you're done cooking a brisket, you're feeding people, you're making people happy, you're sharing stories, you're getting together and building memories, and to me that's the core of BBQ more than the hobby… It's the experiences you share with other people. 'I'm my own boss here, and building a community around something that I enjoy,' he continued. 'Having like-minded people who are excited to talk about what they have been up to, just makes this an absolute joy.' Lumb tells me that he's working on getting his spice blends available to more people and stores in the area — though ROC BBQ Supply has a small sattelite store at Triano's Meat Market in Greece — and possibly looking at an expanded space. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
31-03-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Oxford judge slams 'staggering' credit hire car costs
A judge has lambasted the credit hire industry over the "staggering" cost of replacement vehicles following motorist was charged more than £50,000 to hire a Tesla for three months after someone reversed into her car, Oxford County Court a ruling which criticised the industry as a whole, District Judge Richard Lumb said the cost was triple the market rate for the car and the hire period was 75 days longer than it should have Credit Hire Organisation, which represents the industry, said the service was a "minor factor" in the overall cost of a motor premium. Credit car hire is a service where a replacement vehicle is provided on credit to a non-fault driver, with the costs claimed from the at-fault driver's case involved a nurse who applied to recover her costs following the damage to her parked car in Tilehurst, Berkshire, in was charged £524.70 a day for a Tesla Model 3, well above the market rate of £175 a day, the judge said there was also an "unexplained" two-month delay from when a garage received parts for the damaged Volkswagen ID4 and completed judge said a reasonable repair period would have been 21 days rather than 96. However, Judge Lumb said the reversing motorist was liable for the full £55,000 because Ms Piercy had acted "beyond reproach".He ruled: "Unfortunately for the defendant, these claims are rarely decided on the basis of what the claimant could have done to mitigate her losses."She was simply following instructions she was given having been introduced into the process by the fleet claim arm of her NHS employers."The defending motorist's insurers will also have to pay £144 for delivery and collection of the hire car, and £348 to remove the damaged Volkswagen from the scene, even though it was later found to be judge concluded: "What might come as a shock to the general public is how the Credit Hire Industry operates."In particular, some may consider the sums of money that motor insurers of culpable policyholders become liable for to be staggering."In an age where motor insurance premiums are reported to have risen to unprecedented levels, some may find it surprising that there appears to be no real appetite in the insurance industry to campaign for reform, presumably by Parliament, to control the level of credit hire charges compared to the ordinary market basic hire rate."In a statement, the Credit Hire Organisation (CHO) said the case and the value involved were unlike the vast majority of said it had calculated that credit hire added less than £5 to the cost of the average Anthony Hughes added: "Many members of the CHO are signatories to the GTA [General Terms of Agreement], a voluntary protocol which reduces friction and speeds up claims settlement times."The Association of British Insurers declined to comment. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
22-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Leeds edge past champions Wigan in gripping contest
Betfred Super LeagueLeeds (6) 12Tries: Lumb, Sinfield Goals: Connor 2Wigan (4) 10Tries: Marshall, French Goal: Smith Leeds Rhinos edged past champions Wigan Warriors in a gripping contest at AMT Headingley to claim a statement Super League Lumb's early try gave the home side the lead before Liam Marshall's score reduced the deficit to two points at the break.A typical piece of magic from Bevan French put Wigan in front for the first time but Jack Sinfield's late try and Jake Connor's conversion turned the game back in the Rhinos' win takes them up to sixth and showed they could be a force under new head coach Brad Warriors are one place above them, but this was a second straight loss, after going out of the Challenge Cup seven days ago, and a third defeat in their seven games this season. More to follow. Leeds: Miller; Hall, Newman, Handley, Lumb; Croft, Connor; Oledzki, O'Connor, Jenkins, Bentley, McDonnell, Gannon, Lisone, Sinfield, French; Douglas, Eckersley, Wardle, Marshall; Farrimond, Smith; Byrne, Leeming, Thompson, Nsemba, Farrell, Mago, Dupree, Walters, Jack Smith.
