Joining the party

One of the ever-green topics of the law and practice of costs, concerns the circumstances in…

Little boxes

One of the features of reaching the plateau of middle age, is being able to look…

Non party costs Orders and directors

Applications for non party costs orders (NPCOs) are coming thick and fast at the moment: on…

Nine Hands Cutting

One of the more interesting (and potentially useful) arguments in the recent case of Diag Human…

Rise of the machines

I have been a barrister for nearly 30 years. In that time I have seen many…

Blue pencils and green crayons

It is now more than a quarter of a century since I started undertaking work in…

Sunrise in the valley

Thursday has arrived. Tomorrow I am attending the Association of Costs Lawyers Conference in London, where…

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

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

The unforgiving hour

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

Changing times

Sometimes, even now, a decade after the implementation of the Jackson reforms, to most of civil…