Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

Autumn is well underway. I took most of the summer off this year, after the horrors…

The Convoy

Sheriff Wallace: I am the law. Don’t you understand, I represent the law. Rubber Duck: Well…

Costs Wars!

Costs Wars! In 2017, a sinister figure arose from the Dark Side of the Force, with…

ADR and family cases

Already the year is moving towards its end. I have returned from a lengthy summer break…

The uses of adversity

So Trinity Term draws to an end and the Long Vacation beckons. A very long one…

Costs and group litigation-The video

Last week I was in the Court of Appeal, and then immediately laid flat on my…

Costs and group litigation

On 15th June 2023 Erica Bedford and I will be giving a talk on costs and…

The page unwritten

Criminal costs cases are always interesting. In the case of The Lord Chancellor v Lam &…

Chicken supreme

Enforceability challenges have an enduring appeal in costs litigation. They are also protean and have taken…

The unforgiving hour

If you can fill the unforgiving minute. With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the…