The glittering prizes

Each year I attend a number of conferences in the fields of law that interest me:…

The midnight hours and Costs Barrister 2.0

The last three weeks have been as busy as any in my career, including arguing test cases…

Fixed ideas

Just before my summer break (now rapidly receding into the past) I published an article in…

Michaelmas term and WordPress 4.3

Summer holidays are coming to an end and the start of Michaelmas term is now clearly…

Reviewing provisional assessments of costs

I have now undertaken more than two dozen oral hearings, in the aftermath of a provisional…

Fiat justitia ruat caelum ?

The title of this post reflects the Latin maxim “Let justice be done though the heavens…

Statutory construction and the Civil Procedure Rules

In recent weeks, I have had a number of enquiries from frustrated costs lawyers, as to…

NIHL claims and “the compensation culture”

When I started off at the Bar, about 90% of the work that I undertook were…

Solicitors and their bills

I have thought increasingly frequently in the last couple of years, about writing a book on…

The Aarhus Convention and costs

The case of R versus Environment Agency and others (Number 2) (2013) UK SC 78 is…