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April 22, 2018 Andrew Hogan

I fought the law

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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March 28, 2018 Andrew Hogan

QOCS considered

A central part of the LASPO 2012 reforms, was the introduction of Qualified One Way Costs Shifting (QOCS) as part

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March 5, 2018 Andrew Hogan

Widows and orphans

Sometimes a defendant makes a shrewdly judged part 36 offer, which is refused or ignored by the claimant or there is

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January 31, 2018 Andrew Hogan

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

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January 31, 2018 Andrew Hogan

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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January 14, 2018 Andrew Hogan

The North remembers

We are now 2 weeks into the New Year and I have emerged from my burrow, blinking into the light

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December 30, 2017 Andrew Hogan

Costs, value and “near zero” marginal based charging

Why would a litigation solicitor wish, when making a retainer with a client to charge the client a fixed fee

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December 8, 2017 Andrew Hogan

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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November 19, 2017 Andrew Hogan

Costs and unallocated cases

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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October 19, 2017 Andrew Hogan

Spring Lecture Tour

Already the diary is filling up for the first few months of next year, and so, precipitate as it may

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