It has been cynically observed in the author’s presence, that insurance companies only care about fraud, and costs, and only about care
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QOCS considered
A central part of the LASPO 2012 reforms, was the introduction of Qualified One Way Costs Shifting (QOCS) as part
Continue reading »Widows and orphans
Sometimes a defendant makes a shrewdly judged part 36 offer, which is refused or ignored by the claimant or there is
Continue reading »The price of freedom
The challenge in R (on the application of UNISON) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51 was not primarily predicated on human
Continue reading »Saving capitalism
One of the more interesting books that I have read recently has been “Saving Capitalism” by Robert Reich, for the
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We are now 2 weeks into the New Year and I have emerged from my burrow, blinking into the light
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Why would a litigation solicitor wish, when making a retainer with a client to charge the client a fixed fee
Continue reading »Part 36 offers and detailed assessments
Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules has been around since the initial implementation of the Woolf Reforms in 1999 but
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From time to time, part 36 offers are made and accepted in respect of unallocated claims which if they had run
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Already the diary is filling up for the first few months of next year, and so, precipitate as it may
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