Andrew Hogan's blog on costs and litigation funding
International arbitrations are substantial cases which involve substantial claims. A team of leading counsel, junior counsel and suitable experts does not come cheap and even if solicitors can be found to act on a contingency
Continue readingWhat is a more cost effective way of litigating an international trade dispute? Court proceedings in the Commercial or Admiralty Court? Or an arbitration often taking place in London, perhaps with English law as the
Continue readingSometimes cases fall out of the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents, as they are withdrawn by claimants solicitors who contend that the insurers are raising complex issues of law
Continue readingA key problem in obtaining effective justice in litigation is the inequality of arms which will often exist between a well funded defendant and an impecunious claimant. Or to put it another way, the imbalance of
Continue readingOne of the mysteries of the last two years, has been the absence of challenges by paying parties to the recovery of staged ATE premiums incurred after 1st April 2013 by purported variations of a contract
Continue readingSome years ago, at a solicitor-own client detailed assessment, I was told by my professional client that her policy was to obtain 75% of her fees on account and to regularly bill her client on
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