Solicitor and own client assessments under section 70 of the Solicitors Act 1974 used to be rare beasts. It used
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The back of the queue
This post first appeared as an article in the February 2017 issue of Litigation Funding magazine. As 2017 opens, despite
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What do you think of the title to this post? Does it catch your attention? Admittedly it is not blessed
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Many of my colleagues at the Bar believe that I spend my days with an abacus, counting out 6 minute
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When a client receives a bill for a solicitor’s work, it may provoke a gamut of emotions from gratitude to
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Third party costs assessments are rare beasts. The context in which they commonly arise is in the context of challenging
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I have thought increasingly frequently in the last couple of years, about writing a book on solicitor-own client disputes a
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Some years ago, at a solicitor-own client detailed assessment, I was told by my professional client that her policy was
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One of the incipient developments of the next 12 months, must surely be a “mis-selling” scandal in respect of conditional fee agreements
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The post below was originally published in June 2011 in the Costs E-journal of Ropewalk Chambers Costs team. Litigation should
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