Andrew Hogan's blog on costs and litigation funding
Fixed costs cases tend to resemble London omnibuses, in that after a period of time waiting that seems measured in months, three arrive together. The case of Aldred v Master Tyreese Sulay Alieu Cham [2019]
Continue readingTaking up again the role of a modern day Jeremiah, or conversely, John the Baptist, depending on your point of view, about the vexed topic of the ease of funding of personal injury claims post
Continue readingSome years ago, I took my children on a tour of the Houses of Parliament. I dimly remembered visiting them in my own youth, and as politics has been quite interesting for the last few
Continue readingOne of the issues that has been floating around for years in the field of litigation funding is the “Arkin” cap, which has been thought to apply to cap the adverse costs liability of third
Continue readingIn Herbert -v- H H Law Ltd (Final) the role of the presumptions came to the fore. It is worth remembering why there is a procedure for the assessment of costs under section 70 of the
Continue readingThere are three significant points arising from the decision of the Court of Appeal in Herbert -v- H H Law Ltd (Final) handed down yesterday, which are of general importance to the profession, and not
Continue readingTomorrow, at 10 am the Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton MR and Lindblom and Asplin LJJ) will hand down judgment in the case of Herbert v HH Law Limited. Copies of the handed down
Continue readingRegretfully, I had to change my plans this weekend as our village’s Brexit street party, to celebrate the country’s liberation from vassalage and rebirth as an independent nation was inexplicably cancelled. Whether a new date
Continue readingIn 2018 there have been a number of interesting cases on part 36 including my own venture into the procedural jungle that of Hogg v Newton. In the case of Tuson v Murphy [2018] EWCA Civ 1461 the
Continue readingWe have reached the dog days of the year, the darkest point of winter, where one leaves home in the dark and comes home in the dark, enjoying the sensation of having marinated one’s feet
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