The 13th June 2014 saw the coming into force of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and…
Year: 2014
Costs barrister gets “sticky”
As this blog approaches its second anniversary I have been doing some tinkering under the bonnet.…
Allocation wars and incoherent defences
Since well before the Jackson Reforms on 1st April 2013 liability insurers and others have been…
The chimes at midnight
The recent decision of Lord Dyson published on 28th July 2014 not to set new guideline…
Challenging ATE premiums
One of the areas of costs practice that has a little while to run yet despite the…
Litigation funding and the little guy
Can litigation funding play a useful role in increasing “access to justice” for the individual, as…
Biting the cherry one more time
Consider. A personal injury claim has been struck out for failure to comply with an “unless” Order. …
Wasted costs revisited
An interesting corollary, of the rise of QUOCS can reasonably be anticipated to be an upsurge…
QUOCS and Part 36
The post below is the text of a lecture delivered to the Association of Costs Lawyers…
Suing your solicitor?
One of the incipient developments of the next 12 months, must surely be a “mis-selling” scandal in…